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Dr. Matthias Meyer

Division Manager & Head of Software Engineering and IT Security
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM

Presentation
Cyber Resilience in Automation: Upcoming EU Regulations and what Manufacturers and Operators should do now!

Current surveys show: The threat situation in cyberspace is more serious than ever. The EU is responding with new regulations such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the NIS-2 to make IT Security and Cyber Resilience an industry standard. The two regulations have far-reaching consequences for manufacturers as well as operators of automation solutions, and time is running out: Fulfillment is due by the end of 2027 and in some areas as early as September 2026.

The talk provides an overview of the upcoming key requirements for manufacturers and operators of automation solutions and offers practical tips on how to start preparing for them.

AND Breakout-Sessions
Breakout: Cybersecurity & EU Regulations – What to Fear and How to Prepare

Recent Cybersecurity Regulations by the European Union strive to create secure digital environments for businesses and end consumers. Understanding and fulfilling mandatory legislations put companies under a significant amount of pressure and leave uncertainty.

Part 1

Learn the cybersecurity status of your branch peers – where one stands and how one responds. We start with a short anonymous online survey of the security incidents and level of the regulation implementation, followed by 3 short pitches that would present the new cybersecurity world from different perspectives:

  1. Regulatory change – which requirements are to be met by manufacturers and which by machine operators, understanding roles, responsibilities and what is to be done urgently.
    (Mathias Meyer, Division Manager & Head of Software Engineering and IT Security, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM)
  2. Mentality change – from never change a running system to stay up to date! Products & technology in IoT Cybersecurity – how will the world change?
  3. Software architecture change – SW processes & secure by design & dev Ops- how does an automation software developer respond?
    (Thomas Dreyer, R&D Director, Kontron AIS GmbH)

Part 2

Share your own cybsec problem and effects it has on your daily work! Whether you are a tool owner, a machine producer or an IoT product supplier tell us about your biggest cybsec challenge in an online survey and discuss it in a 45-minute open panel discussion with the above-mentioned experts.

Do not miss the chance of understanding the ins and outs of the cybersecurity regulations and its practical consequences for all the players of the automation industry.

About Dr. Matthias Meyer

Dr. Matthias Meyer is Division Manager of the “Software Engineering and IT Security” division and head of its department “Safe & Secure IoT Systems” at Fraunhofer IEM. Together with his team and in close cooperation with companies and research institutions, he researches processes, methods and tools that support organisations in the efficient development of safe and secure software-intensive systems following the paradigm of “(Safety &) Security by Design”. Dr. Meyer is a member of the Bitkom Management Club and of the VDMA working group “Industrial Security”.

Since its foundation in 2011, Dr. Meyer has contributed to the development of Fraunhofer IEM. Previously, he was Executive Manager in the Software Quality Lab and Researcher in the Software Engineering Group at Paderborn University.