Pilz I.A.M. protects data and employees

How do you grasp the issues of employee protection, responsibility protection, work efficiency, and data protection? How can you improve quality and at the same time prevent machines from being tampered with? How can data and employees be protected in equal measure?

With the I.A.M. (Identification and Access Management), Pilz offers a broad portfolio of products and software, as well as solutions tailored to the user's day-to-day access management. Pilz will help users establish machine access rights and employee permissions. From simple authentication to complex access management, from functional safety mode selection to electronic maintenance assurance, protect users' valuable data from unauthorized access and hacker attacks. Pilz combines machine safety and industrial security in one system.

Why I.A.M. is also relevant to you – the four core values of Pilz

Employee protection

Work must be organized in such a way as to avoid hazards to physical and mental health. This should be taken for granted when running industrial plants and machinery, but in practice, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it is often not given enough attention.

In order to provide the best possible protection for employees, the user can have a hazard assessment carried out by Pilz to check the risk level on the machine and check how access must be ensured. In addition to proper access to the security gate and qualified personnel, the use of the operating mode is another appropriate measure. Pilz's operating mode selection and access authorization system PITmode allows the operating mode selection to be controlled via functional safety. This provides a technical guarantee that each employee can only do the work for which they are qualified, thus providing maximum protection against hazards and accidents.

l Liability protection

In the event of an industrial accident, the current question is whether the responsible party can be held liable. Therefore, it is necessary to take appropriate measures, especially for the management of the company, as well as for the production and maintenance managers, and regularly check the effectiveness of these measures. If this is overlooked, the employer and the responsible party may be held accountable for their actions or failure to act!

For example, a potential measure is to select and train staff according to their tasks and provide them with appropriate tools. In addition to organizational measures, technical solutions such as access management with PITreader can also be used. This makes it possible to assign traceable, independent, and, if necessary, temporary, permissions to specific machines or processes at any time.

Stay productive

The necessary machinery safety measures should not come at the expense of the plant's productivity. Machine downtime (in the most serious case of injury to personnel or damage to the machine) is often caused by tampering, misoperation or lack of (access) control. With clear responsibilities, relevant permissions and a record of user actions, users can prevent errors and provide optimal traceability. With its access management capabilities, PITreader offers factories an ideal solution for machinery safety, industrial information security and maintaining productivity.

Data Protection

Due to the ever-changing landscape of standards, there is a growing focus on data protection and cybersecurity. It is impossible to achieve comprehensive security without taking into account the aspects of information security. A holistic safety concept is required. In the future, the Machinery Regulation, which will enter into force in the EU in 2025, will take this into account.

However, users' data, expertise, and operations now need to be protected from unauthorized access. Smart products such as the Industrial Security Bridge Firewall and even the switchable USB interface PIToe USB provide security against "external" threats posed by hackers, as well as "internal" threats, whether careless or deliberate. Use PITreader as an extra safeguard so that all data connections can only be activated temporarily on site.

Pilz I.A.M. protects data and employees

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