One of two papers accepted in the special issue of Applied Sciences on Cyber Factories – partners from the Brandenburg Institute of Society and Security (BIGS) and VTT –examined various reports by renowned institutions, authorities and companies worldwide with regard to the lack of common definitions of cyber threat actors (CTA) and observed that competitors, in particular, are hardly noticed as threat actors in the increasingly networked environment such as the FoF, even though they represent a major challenge.

Our second accpeted paper in the spcecial issue is from partners of Airbus France, ISEP and OFFIS. They looked at the role of digital twins within the context of the FoF and offer insights on how to address limitations of existing models such as human factors and interdependencies between different production assets. Their proposal is a holistic model of a digital twin. 

On the digital held VDI conference „Automation 2020“ our colleagues from the German consortium presented insights to the definition of Use-Cases as well as Misuse-Cases, requirements for the FoF and the development plan generated by the German CyberFactory#1 partners as part of the international research project. The talk was based on a conference paper by the German consortium.