In the traditional Internet era, people are used to taking “after-the-fact remedy” measures for network security, and these measures are often “head to head, foot to foot”, which cannot completely and comprehensively solve the problem, nor can they meet the security needs of the new industrial Internet.

MT91-ARC On October 23, at the press conference on the development achievements of the “13th Five-Year Plan” industrial communications industry held by the State New Office, Wen Ku, spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Director of the Department of Information and Communication Development, said that the scale of China’s industrial Internet industry has reached 3 trillion yuan, the multi-party coordinated industrial ecology has further expanded, and the members of the industrial Internet industry alliance have reached 1,700. Industrial cooperation in related technologies, standards, research and development, and applications has been continuously enhanced, and its supporting role in the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry and the high-quality development of the real economy has become increasingly apparent.

MT91-ARC However, along with the rapid development of the industrial Internet, there are growing security challenges. According to the “China’s Internet Network Security Monitoring Data Analysis Report in the first half of 2020” released by the National Internet Emergency Response Center, since the first half of this year, China’s network security situation has been more severe, network malicious programs have grown rapidly, security vulnerabilities have increased significantly, and industrial Internet equipment has serious security risks.

MT91-ARC “The industrial Internet has become the core driving force for industrial transformation and upgrading and the development of the digital economy, and it is urgent to ensure the security of the industrial Internet.” Wu Yunkun, president of Qi ‘an Xin Group (hereinafter referred to as Qi ‘an Xin), believes that based on a series of practices in the construction of the current industrial Internet security system, a new security protection system needs to be established urgently, and it is necessary to move from “scattered construction” to “overall construction”.

In the future, what trends will the security of the industrial Internet show, and how to create endogenous security capabilities? In this regard, science and Technology Daily reporter interviewed relevant experts.

MT91-ARC The industrial Internet has long been a target for cyber attacks

According to reports, since the release of policies such as the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the “Internet + Advanced Manufacturing” Development of Industrial Internet and the “Industrial Internet Development Action Plan (2018-2020)”, the development of China’s industrial Internet has shown a good momentum.

Wen Ku said that at present, China’s industrial Internet innovation and development project is progressing smoothly, and the high-quality external network with low delay, high reliability and wide coverage has extended to more than 300 cities across the country, connecting more than 180,000 industrial enterprises.

MT91-ARC The reporter learned that in the face of new situations and new challenges such as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the industrial Internet has played a positive and significant role, widely used in production and manufacturing, material distribution, engineering construction, medical treatment, epidemic prevention and control and many other scenarios. The rapid development of the industry and the important role played by the industrial Internet in the economy and society have also made it an important target for cyber attacks.

MT91-ARC On March 19 last year, the Norwegian Aluminium Group suffered a large-scale cyber attack, which caused its IT systems to be unable to work normally, resulting in production disruptions and the temporary closure of several plants, ultimately causing the company’s share price to fall by about 2% and global aluminum prices to rise by 1.2%.

On December 4, IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report revealed a new malware, ZeroCleare, developed by Iranian hackers targeting the industrial sector. The software aims to maximize the deletion of data from infected devices, mainly targeting the energy and industrial sectors in the Middle East. At the time of the report’s disclosure, 1,400 devices had been infected.

MT91-ARC In May this year, the main line of Venezuela’s national grid was attacked, in addition to the capital Caracas, 11 state capitals in the country suffered power outages.

According to the Industrial Internet Security Situation Report for the first half of 2020 released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, 13.56 million malicious cyber attacks were found in the first half of the year, involving 2,039 enterprises.

A series of cyber attacks show that the industrial Internet has long been the target of attacks in the cyber world.

“The impact of cyber attacks in the industrial Internet sector is very large.” According to Wu Yunkun, in recent years, in the emergency response needs of industrial enterprise network attack incidents received by Qi ‘an Xin Security Center, involving dozens of enterprises in automobile production, intelligent manufacturing, energy and electricity, tobacco and other industries, most of the attack events have led to the blue screen of industrial hosts, important files are encrypted, and many of them have also led to shutdown and production. It has caused heavy losses to industrial enterprises.