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40 | Technika & trh | special edition
digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence,
hydrogen and sustainable manufacturing
Industrial Cybersecurity:
Artificial Intelligence Becomes
the Dominant Technology
Cybersecurity requirements are rapidly increasing
in response to the changing geopolitical situation.
Industrial enterprises in particular are facing
growing pressure.
Cybersecurity expert Götz Schartner, founder
andCEO of8com GmbH & Co. KG, one ofGermany’s
leading providers ofSOC-as-a-service andmanaged
security services, will join colleagues from his
company at the upcoming HANNOVER MESSE
to once again recreate their Security Operations
Center. Trade fair visitors will thus be able
toexperience cybersecurity live.
In his view, cybercrime has developed into a highly
efcient industry. Cybercrime-as-a-service enables
scalable, low-cost and accessible attacks for almost
anyone. Fully prepared attack chains, extortion
infrastructures andautomated tools are freely available.
The boundaries between criminal groups and state-
controlled actors are increasingly blurring. Articial
intelligence (AI) is taking both attacks and defense
toa new level: in 2026, AI will become thedominant
technology in both attack and defense. Attackers
will use AI to automate phishing, social engineering,
vulnerability analysis and entire attack campaigns.
AI will also play a central role in defense in the
future—whether in detecting anomalies and attack
patterns, performing alert triage or responding
toincidents. Götz Schartner summarizes thesituation
as follows: Cybersecurity is no longer a one-time
task—it is a fundamental requirement for stability
andthe future. Companies that understand risks, take
control of processes and align their security strategy
realistically will perform better in2026 than those that
continue toonly react toincidents.
Secomea, awholly owned subsidiary ofMcNaughton-
McKay Electric USA, will present a zero-trust-
based secure remote access solution for industrial
environments at HANNOVER MESSE 2026.
The solution, specically designed for operational
technology, enables engineering companies
to securely manage remote access to machines
and production equipment—with full transparency
and monitoring. Secomea ensures secure
collaboration with external service providers,
protects critical industrial systems and networks,
and helps organizations meet industrial
cybersecurity and compliance requirements such
as IEC 62443 and NIS2—all without disrupting
operations orincreasing complexity.
Another exhibitor will be the DSN Group.
AtHANNOVER MESSE 2026, itwill focus onsecuring
industrial companies from an organizational
andprocess perspective. Asa specialized information
security consultancy, the group demonstrates how
companies can sustainably anchor security through
structured Information Security Management
Systems (ISMS) in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001
and industry-specic standards—an aspect that
is often more important today for cyber resilience
than individual technical measures.
In view of NIS2, the growing number of attacks
and increasingly complex operational structures,
many industrial companies require expert support
in setting up security processes, realistically
assessing risks andeffectively controlling measures.
With the advent of generative AI, requirements
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