Fweek Industrial News: (April 25, 2016, Hannover, Germany) in the industrial networking (IIoT) workshop equipment and technology contribute to enterprise-level network power, while safety remains a serious challenge. Today, IT systems typically use a firewall to monitor security risks on your IT network. The IT firewall does not recognize workshop industrial protocol, so that the control of the entire network capacity greatly reduced risk. To this end, Cisco and Rockwell Automation jointly developed a deep packet inspection of industrial safety applications comply with a specification (DPI) technology.

    Using DPI technology industrial firewall effectively extend the visibility of the shop network conditions. It supports communication modes record important information needed for decision-making may be provided under the protection of a series of security policies. Users can record any network connection or protocol data (such as EtherNet / IP) in, including source, destination, and related applications to communicate data. Past, only IT executives have permission to do so, and now, factories and IT executives can use this technology to manage more safely shop network communications company.

    Full integration between the plant and the Regional Industrial Ethernet unit area (CPwE) architecture, using DPI technology workshop application can instruct the firewall rejected a controller firmware download. This prevents misuse of firmware, which helps protect the integrity of operations. Only authorized users can perform the download operation.

    "When building Internet businesses, manufacturers and industrial companies most concerned about is the safety of the workshop," Juergen Weinhofer vice president of Rockwell Automation common architecture and technology introduction, "DPI technology was developed by Rockwell Automation and IT security industry Cisco leaders together to create the expertise both in the field of automation and control information together, can effectively help new and existing industrial control systems to enhance security. "

    "With this new security features and architecture of our joint product portfolio can help to eliminate minor vulnerabilities and security risks, bid farewell to the seemingly false sense of security," Doug Bellin Cisco's global industry director, said, "We are able to track all the real-time network connection, and respond quickly when problems arise. this is one of the best iT technology and best OT (operations) technology integration to solve practical problems of outstanding cases. "

    Through Rockwell Automation and Cisco strategic alliance partnership, manufacturers can share IT security field proven best practices achievements and apply them to the workshop and industrial environments. DPI technology will be available in 2016, the full deployment of Rockwell Automation and Cisco's network equipment industry.