The Dynics engineering group designs and builds industrial computing hardware and OT cybersecurity systems for the plant floor. Its engineers hold more than 75 years of combined experience, and its plant-floor deployments go back more than 30 years. More than 75% of staff work in product development, design, assembly, and service. Dynics designs, fabricates, and assembles its panel PCs, monitors, rackmount chassis, and security appliances at a 37,500 square foot facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Critical infrastructure cybersecurity may be facing a turning point given funding cuts proposed by the government. For instance, Cybersecurity Dive reports that cuts to CISA’s budget would impact “funding for vulnerability assessments, training sessions and shared...
Software-defined networking (SDN) is transforming how industrial networks are secured and managed. Traditional segmentation methods—like zones and conduits defined in IEC/ISA 62443—often depend on VLANs, which can be complex and unreliable in OT environments. This...
With the rise of AI in operations, software-defined networking or SDN is more important than ever. AI offers enhanced analytics, but SDN provides the core management needed to process the data efficiently. With SDN, you avoid bottlenecks, which ultimately leads to...
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In the latest feature of “Insights from the OT Trenches,” explore how the ICS360.Defender is redefining OT cybersecurity by combining next-gen firewall protection with software-defined networking (SDN) for plant floor environments. This video covers why visibility...
In this episode of OT Cyber | From the Plant Floor Up, Jeff Smith (CTO of DYNICS) sits down with Kevin Berisso, Associate Professor and AutoID Lab Director at the University of Memphis. They discuss the hands-on engineering technology program…
Honeywell recently released a new study showing that ransomware threats against industrial operators and manufacturers have grown significantly. Specifically, the study found that ransomware attacks increased by 46% in the first quarter of 2025. While this increase...
April and May were jam-packed with industry events. Our team went from the Level Zero Conference to ControlsCon to Automate 2025 in Detroit. Now that our bags are unpacked and we’ve had time to process, the industry insight is clear: the common challenges remain...
As the World Economic Forum reported earlier this year, more than 600 residential buildings in Ukraine experienced heating disruption when attacked by malware known as FrostyGoop malware. This came as experts became aware of PIPEDREAM, which World Economic Forum...
