Platform enables secure data communication between several sites

This enables secure data communication between several sites, for example. In this way, CIP is already demonstrating how automation and information technology are continuing to merge and become smarter as part of Industry 4.0. The Hirschmann brand was responsible for the network engineering part and has an extensive range of products for industrial data communication, ranging from Ethernet switches and routers to firewall solutions and WLAN systems.

To ensure this, the network devices from Hirschmann were, among other things, equipped with a special trusted platform module chip from Infineon Technologies. CIP enables secure end-to-end communication through extensive encryption and authentication methods. This means that no one can access the hardware or software without appropriate authorisation.