Connection’s Industrial Infrastructure Solutions are designed to help manufacturing organizations:
Assess existing industrial infrastructure assets and prioritize implementation opportunities based on your goals
Implement security solutions against both internal and external threats
Control network connectivity and manage information flows and user rights
Reliably back up data in line with regulatory and compliance requirements
Provide fast data recovery, including restoration down to the bare metal layer
Design and implement industrial networking solutions that can withstand harsh environments
Design networking solutions for automation, edge compute, enterprise business applications, and other industrial use cases
Reduce or eliminate downtime due to power loss or inconsistency
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Manufacturing Expertise Meets IT Know-How
Connection’s manufacturing specialists come from the same real-world settings you work in every day. We understand the pressures and risks you face. We can help you mitigate these risks, so you can ensure production schedules are met.With our extensive background in IT and our manufacturing expertise, Connection can provide right-fit industrial infrastructure solutions for your organization. We work to connect your IT needs to your operational goals in line with regulatory, compliance, and business requirements.
Improve Uptime and Protect Productivity
Industry 4.0 relies on a wide variety of new technologies and devices, each with its own infrastructure requirements. Sensors, real-time tracking, and machine data acquisition systems need modern wired and wireless networking to handle high data throughput. Mobile and edge compute devices require secure connectivity to protect your network against intrusions. Business intelligence, remote machine control, and other data flows require appropriate governance and user rights. Without the right infrastructure in place, your facility is at risk of botched IX implementations, security breaches, or even unplanned shutdowns.To provide industrial infrastructure solutions for your organization without affecting uptime, Connection thoroughly assesses your existing infrastructure before taking any action. Our Manufacturing Technology Workshop allows us to identify pain points and line of business (LoB) objectives, so we can provide tailored technology maturity recommendations. Our Internet of Things (IoT) Assessment tests your IoT assets for vulnerabilities, flagging potentially compromised systems for attention.
Connection’s services and solutions are offered a-la-carte. However, we recommend manufacturers begin their industrial transformation journey with our industrial infrastructure solutions before implementing other solutions. This ensures that your infrastructure is secure and ready to support more complex operational technology operations as your needs evolve.
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The Importance of Industrial Infrastructure in Smart Manufacturing
The manufacturing industry is rapidly changing, including a diverse range of new technologies, headwinds, and challenges. Leveraging technology for your industrial infrastructure is a key component of how your smart manufacturing strategy can scale and differentiate your business.
Industrial Transformation Shifts Focus to Security Solutions
It’s becoming more and more important for manufacturing organizations to invest in industrial infrastructure—the foundation of innovation and next-generation technology—but equally important is the role of security and how it fits into the larger infrastructure. Investments in security technology, ranging from the edge to data center to cloud, allow manufacturers to accomplish their long-term goals with no risk to the organization.
The Future of Manufacturing
Take Control of OT Access Control
When it comes to cybersecurity incidents, manufacturing continues to be the topmost attacked industry.1 A huge increase of surveillance in Operational Technology (OT) has resulted in 19% of all breaches being caused by stolen or compromised credentials.2Connection’s Manufacturing Practice is here to help. Partnered with Envoy, we offer a full RFID authentication and access control solution for employee ease of use. It eliminates shared usernames and passwords to help keep your environment secure against threats, minimizes downtime, and decreases breach incident cost. Download this PDF to learn more about how our access control solution mitigates the chances your manufacturing facility will be the victim of a cybersecurity incident.
Are you ready to take the next step to help secure your OT devices? Engage our Manufacturing Practice to learn more about implementing this solution in your facility today.
Industrial Infrastructure Solutions
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SecuritySecure your facility against internal and external threats. Connection assesses your existing infrastructure, identifies areas of risk, and strategizes custom solutions to improve your factory’s overall security. |
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Backup and RecoveryMaintain manufacturing processes in the event of a disruption. Connection can help your organization establish plans to maintain and restore mission-critical functions when disaster strikes. |
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Industrial NetworkingSecurely connect industrial equipment to enterprise networks. Connection can help you integrate diverse manufacturing technologies with enterprise business applications, even in harsh manufacturing environments. |
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Power ContinuityEnsure your facility is protected in the event of a power disruption. Connection can help your facility determine appropriate power backup solutions for clean, consistent power and improved uptime. |
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Footnotes:
- 1 IBM, 2023, IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023
- 2 IBM, 2022, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022
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