@inproceedings{1c2220de7c344f6d806d266f118e7c7a,
title = "Optimization of Operational and Information Technology Integration Towards Industry 4.0",
abstract = "Over the past decade, Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) convergence have been proposed by numerous authors. Research on the concept started rising around the year 2015. IT/OT convergence brings several benefits to businesses such as decision-support, cost optimization, business process improvement, etc., however, integration comes with cybersecurity challenges for the previously isolated or air-gapped OT systems. The advent of the industry 4.0 concept and the enabling technologies such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) as the future of manufacturing pressurizes manufacturing enterprises to implement IT/OT integration since it is the basis for data integrated Industry 4.0 deployments. This research presents an optimized IT/OT integration architecture that brings enterprise data to a central location and stream for processing and analysis, thus providing decision support to management at various levels. A use case of a production plant is presented to highlight optimized IT/ OT integration. The research found that IT/ OT integration can be optimized and secured to enable an organization to undergo a digital transformation journey.",
keywords = "IIoT, ISA-95, IT/OT Integration, Industry 4.0, RAMI4.0",
author = "Shilenge, {M. C.} and A. Telukdarie",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE.; 31st IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2022 ; Conference date: 01-06-2022 Through 03-06-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/ISIE51582.2022.9831605",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1076--1081",
booktitle = "2022 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2022",
address = "United States",
}
