Edge security is particularly at home in the areas of cybercrime and cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, industry and Factory 4.0. The term describes measures to protect data and devices that are located directly at the edge of a network. This applies, for example, to sensors, machines or smart devices in factories and buildings that collect and exchange data.
Today, many companies no longer store and process data centrally in a large data centre, but directly "on site" on the devices themselves. This is faster and more effective, but also brings new challenges in terms of protection against unwanted access or attacks from outside.
An illustrative example: In a modern factory, production robots constantly transmit data to the company network. Edge Security ensures that this data is encrypted and that unauthorised persons do not gain access to the robots - for example, by integrating an additional security layer on the device itself. This provides companies with better protection against data theft, failures and malfunctions.
Edge security is therefore an important building block for using modern production and IoT solutions securely and significantly reducing the risk of cyberattacks.
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