Developing and Operating Industrial Security Services to Mitigate Risks of Digitalization

:Managers of industrial facilities have to handle the transition to digitalization of their sites: They have to leverage the potentials of digitalization to ensure their competitiveness, but at the same time they have to handle the complexity that comes along with Industry 4.0 in diverse dimensions. This article describes major drivers of this complexity to outline the environment of today's challenges for managers of this technical transition - and shows how Industrial Security Services can contribute to stabilize the industrial system.