Secure your control network

IT Security for PLCs, Machines, Devices and Systems Secure your control network The demands on IT security are continually increasing in the manufacturing world. Yet at the same time there are often too few personnel resources for implementing such security. The IT security products from W&T are designed to implement concrete IT security solutions in […]

Microwall (Firewall) application example

Microwall application example: Isolating a CNC milling machine. In our company we use a CNC milling machine for fabricating prototypes and small series. A Windows 7 embedded standard with the latest patch level runs on the control computer which is incorporated into our production network. Since Microsoft will no longer provide expanded support for this operating […]

Security – Small firewalls protect machines and systems

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Security Small firewalls protect machines and systems Author / Editor: Martin Reimann / Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Reinhold Schäfer   Software components of machines are increasingly becoming targets for attacks on the Internet. Small firewalls can be used to isolate the machines by segmenting traffic and increasing security in the corporate network. The Microwall can be installed […]

Firewalls, segmentation and islandization

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One widely used technique for improving security in corporate networks is to subdivide them into smaller segments by department. Communication between these subnets is monitored, controlled and logged by firewall routers. Attackers and malware that succeed in penetrating one of the subnets are prevented from further spreading by packet filters. One way of further increasing […]

Isolating with Microwall (Firewall)

By Isolating withMicrowall Gigabit (Firewall), you increase security in your network – simply and effectively   The segmentation of individual machine islands is a consistent form of segmentation: Small firewalls, such as the Microwall, isolate machines in their own data network segment. All communication to and from this island will initially be stopped on a […]

Increasing number of cyber-attacks to Australian companies – protect your sensitive data

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign “state-based” hackers. Companies need to make sure they take the best possible protections.    As data protection becomes increasingly critical, it may be time to ask whether your business has the right infrastructure in place. TE Automation offers a range of products to suit most […]

W&T Microwall

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Small firewalls protect devices and machines in the network  The Microwall VPN from network specialist Wiesemann & Theis (W&T) sets the tone for a new series of easy to use security products for industry and manufacturing. This miniature firewall isolates potentially susceptible or untrustworthy devices and machines in their own network segments. Communication with these secure islands in the […]