Press Release

TÜV SÜD Releases Whitepaper on “Adaptive Safety & Security System”

TÜV SÜD has released its whitepaper on the "Adaptive Safety & Security System," putting forth a dynamic approach to risk assessment in smart manufacturing. Applying conventional risk assessment to dynamic Industry 4.0 contexts that feature a multitude of interactions and data flows is becoming impracticable. 

Through the Adaptive Safety & Security System (AS3), we could achieve:
- Simulate (planned) system changes to find security vulnerabilities prior to installation.
- Recommended security measures can be quickly evaluated and approved to ensure successful commissioning.
- During operation, the AS3 solution provides quick and automatic risk assessment of the current situation, providing run-time decision support, resulting in increased flexibility and reduced downtime.

TÜV SÜD helps companies navigate complex risk landscapes in both virtual environments and real-world applications. AS3 is under IP patent protection of TÜV SÜD Hong Kong Ltd.

You could find more information by downloading the “white paper” through following link.

tuvsud-adaptive-safety-security.pdf

About the TÜV SÜD experts

Robert Puto

Senior Vice President, Commercial Products & Mobility Greater China

Robert Puto is Senior Vice President of Commercial Products and Mobility for Greater China,
based in Hong Kong. During his long-standing international career, he has been directly
involved in the development and rollout of technical services for Industrial Products/Systems,
Photovoltaics, Energy Storage Systems. A firm believer in the “safe/secure-by-design”
paradigm, he has been an active member of the AS3 development team. He graduated in
Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) with a research thesis on Bayesian
expert systems and uncertainty propagation, and subsequently in International Business
Administration from CEIBS Shanghai (China). Prior to his current position, he has also acted as a qualified Technical Certifier and ISO 17025 auditor under TÜV SÜD Product Service.

Michael Pfeifer

Specialist in Machine Safety, TÜV SÜD

Michael Pfeifer is a specialist in machine safety at TÜV SÜD in Munich, where he deals with
hazards and risks associated with machines throughout their life cycle. He is also involved
with digitalization in the production environment and holds the position of “Smart Safety Lead
Architect” in the TÜV SÜD Smart Manufacturing Council. At the German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), he is also a member of the SmartFactoryKL technology initiative.
Before Michael joined TÜV SÜD in 2009, his work focused on manufacturing machinery in the
automotive industry, during his apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic for machine and
systems technology. He had deepened his knowledge in his mechanical engineering studies by
focusing on production technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.
Michael.Pfeifer@tuvsud.com

Martin Saerbeck

CTO Digital Service, TÜV SÜD

In his role as CTO Digital Service at TÜV SÜD, Martin leads strategic research and development
initiatives of novel digital testing solutions in the domains of AI, Robotics, and IoT technology.
Martin holds a degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Industrial Design. He has over 15 years
of experience in developing technical solutions for both industry and academia. After starting his
career in Philips Research, he established a new research group at A*STAR IHPC and delivered
innovation projects in the sectors of Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Retail. Martin has a passion
for applied research, promoting the translation of academic results to make today’s connected
smart systems safe, secure, and reliable.
Martin.Saerbeck@tuvsud.com