
Industry 4.0 – Challenges of a new technology

This concept refers to connecting product development, production, logistics and customers in a smart way. The driving force behind this development is the rapidly increasing digitisation of the economy and society, which already has a lasting effect on the way companies work.
Contents:
- What is "Industry 4.0"?
- Risks
- New types of threat scenarios
- Outlook
- Summary/Recommended action
- Your points of contact in economic security
Editor: BfV (German federal domestic intelligence service) for the community of the domestic intelligence services of the Federation and the federal states
Date of information: January 2017
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