Field Assembly & Start-up

After testing and approving the facility at the supplier’s site, it is disassembled and transported to the operator’s facility. After reinstallation and overall testing the facility will then be integrated into the operator’s production process.

If applicable, the new devices have to be joined to an existing domain infrastructure, connected to anti-virus repositories, have their default passwords changed, and important security updates installed. In order to start operations quickly and make up for possible lost time, unpopular topics like IT security will often be delayed, or in the worst case, even forgotten entirely.

Automated standard processes can be made to facilitate the necessary procedures. The secure transfer of the last small engineering changes ensures that no malware is imported at this very last moment. The final backup of the delivery state also provides a potential restore point in the event of a ransomware attack.