Mazak Partners With Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute

Mazak has joined 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 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 cyberattacks.”

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.