Integrated Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Evaluation in a Framework for Business Continuity Management

Kazimierz T. Kosmowski, Emilian Piesik, Jan Piesik and Marcin Śliwiński
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Kazimierz T. Kosmowski: Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Emilian Piesik: Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Jan Piesik: Michelin Polska Sp. z o.o., St. W. Leonharda 9, 10-454 Olsztyn, Poland
Marcin Śliwiński: Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-21

Abstract: This article outlines an integrated functional safety and cybersecurity evaluation approach within a framework for business continuity management (BCM) in energy companies, including those using Industry 4.0 business and technical solutions. In such companies, information and communication technology (ICT), and industrial automation and control system (IACS) play important roles. Using advanced technologies in modern manufacturing systems and process plants can, however, create management impediments due to the openness of these technologies to external systems and networks via various communication channels. This makes company assets and resources potentially vulnerable to risks, e.g., due to cyber-attacks. In the BCM-oriented approach proposed here, both preventive and recovery activities are considered in light of engineering best practices and selected international standards, reports, and domain publications.

Keywords: functional safety; cybersecurity; BCM; Industry 4.0; information technology; industrial control system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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