Mazak joins Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute

Continuing its leadership role in secure digital connectivity and Industry 4.0 manufacturing, Mazak has joined major cybersecurity research universities and enterprises throughout the country as a collaborative partner with the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII).

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, CyManII brings together the nation’s foremost manufacturers and research institutions along with the Oak Ridge, Sandia and Idaho national laboratories to drive innovation in digital infrastructure and security for advanced manufacturing, supply chains and workforce development.

“Mazak’s role as a CyManII collaborative partner gives us the opportunity to share the knowledge and expertise we’ve developed in advanced data protection and cybersecurity,” says Paul Robinson, Mazak North America manager of applications engineering. “Our proven technologies advance the ability to develop and implement secure technologies required to detect and prevent cyber-attacks.”

Mazak’s advances in cybersecurity protection include its SmartBox technology, which secures machines connected to a network by isolating them from unwanted connections while retaining the ability to collect read-only data for Industry 4.0 manufacturing.