Hackers are one of the biggest threats to digital factories and Industry 4.0 initiatives. If conveyors, fastening tools, robots and other equipment are not secure, state-of-the-art production technology can be rendered useless.
To address this issue and develop safeguards and policies, a cross-disciplinary team of faculty and students at Tufts University are studying the growing field of cybersecurity. Professors within the school of engineering are leading the charge, along with their colleagues from the school of law and the school of arts and sciences.