The new Industry 4.0 laboratory of Mondragon Unibertsitatea opens its doors to cybersecurity companies for collaboration in research
The new Industry 4.0 laboratory of Mondragon Unibertsitatea opens its doors to cybersecurity companies for collaboration in research
The new Industry 4.0 laboratory of Mondragon Unibertsitatea opens its doors to cybersecurity companies for collaboration in research
The initiative is included within the strategic collaboration agreement between Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa and Open Cloud Factory, with the aim of promoting research and training in cybersecurity
A year ago, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Open Cloud Factory signed a collaboration agreement for scientific and technological research for a period of 5 years. In the second year of the agreement, the agents have decided to take a step further and have joined the Industry 4.0 laboratory, in which they collaborate with the INCIBE industrial laboratory network. .
In the Industry 4.0 laboratory, both students and researchers at the university work, research and develop solutions using the OpenNAC Enterprise modular software from Open Cloud Factory. This solution enables network access control, allowing full visibility of IT/OT/IoT/IIoT assets, as well as access control and compliance. Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Open Cloud Factory have agreed to allow other companies outside the collaboration agreement to access these facilities to carry out their tests and research.
A cutting-edge laboratory
The laboratory covers an area of 112 m2 and has state-of-the-art technological equipment such as machine vision, a Collaborative Robot, 2 industrial Robots, a modular production system, and a mobile robot. All this infrastructure of industrial systems is in turn connected to a Data Processing Centre, equipped with Network Electronics equipment, as well as equipment for data storage and processing, and cybersecurity equipment that allows the establishment of zones and conduits, and segmentation of different networks in accordance with the IEC-62443 standard on Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems.
Cybersecurity training offer:
This initiative reaffirms Mondragon Unibertsitatea’s strategic commitment in the field of cybersecurity, as it features a research group specialising in Data Analysis and Cybersecurity and offers training programmes for different profiles:
- Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity aimed at professionals. It offers two itineraries: IT and OT. Blended learning, with expert speakers from the industrial field and with a final project applied in company.
- Master’s Degree in Data Analysis, Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing. Dual Master’s Degree with a duration of a year and a half, with paid internships held in company.