Every second, 7000 cyberattacks occur – students will learn how to practically protect a large factory. A super-modern laboratory for industrial communication and cybersecurity in automation systems opened at Siemens Bulgaria at the Faculty of "Automation", Department of "Automation of Continuous Production" at the Technical University - Sofia. The third laboratory, donated to the higher education institution by the company, is unique – it is the first in Bulgaria and the region.
Students will practically learn how a large factory should be protected from cyberattacks. We took examples from practice and based on them developed 13 exercises, explained Eng. Nikola Petkov. And if, for example, there is a breach in a brewery, the problem should affect only a small part of the production.
The laboratory has six "workstations" where work in a factory will be simulated. Because in large enterprises, excellent engineers work, who, however, do not have experience in the field of industrial communication and industrial cybersecurity. The same equipment that is on the desks, we deliver to the largest factories in Bulgaria, assured Eng. Petkov. Each of the six software has the ability to control a huge factory.
The head of the laboratory, Assoc. Prof. Metodi Georgiev, promised that other faculties will also participate in the work, as well as remote experiments will be conducted. “I recently read statistics that every second there are 7000 cyberattacks. So every industrial production must be maximally protected. It is an exceptional pride for us to do this together with the Technical University – our long-term partner. And we are very proud that graduates of the university make up a very large percentage of our employees,” said Dr. Eng. Boryana Manolova, CEO of Siemens for Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
The Vice-Rector Prof. Lidia Galbova explained that the goal of the university is not just to train engineers, but engineers prepared to work immediately after graduation.
24chasa.bgStudents will practically learn how a large factory should be protected from cyberattacks. We took examples from practice and based on them developed 13 exercises, explained Eng. Nikola Petkov. And if, for example, there is a breach in a brewery, the problem should affect only a small part of the production.
The laboratory has six "workstations" where work in a factory will be simulated. Because in large enterprises, excellent engineers work, who, however, do not have experience in the field of industrial communication and industrial cybersecurity. The same equipment that is on the desks, we deliver to the largest factories in Bulgaria, assured Eng. Petkov. Each of the six software has the ability to control a huge factory.
The head of the laboratory, Assoc. Prof. Metodi Georgiev, promised that other faculties will also participate in the work, as well as remote experiments will be conducted. “I recently read statistics that every second there are 7000 cyberattacks. So every industrial production must be maximally protected. It is an exceptional pride for us to do this together with the Technical University – our long-term partner. And we are very proud that graduates of the university make up a very large percentage of our employees,” said Dr. Eng. Boryana Manolova, CEO of Siemens for Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
The Vice-Rector Prof. Lidia Galbova explained that the goal of the university is not just to train engineers, but engineers prepared to work immediately after graduation.
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