BBAuthors: Ha ¨ ckel, Bjo ¨ rn; Advisor: -; Participants: Ha ¨ nsch, Florian; Hertel, Michael; U ¨ belho ¨ r, Jochen (2019)
Emerging smart manufacturing technologies combine physical production networks with digital IT systems, resulting in complex smart factory networks, which are especially vulnerable to IT security risks, such as IT component nonavailabilities. Companies must employ extensive IT security measures to secure their production facilities. However, complex network structures and inherent dependencies of smart factory networks complicate corresponding investment decisions and increase the need for appropriate decision support. We develop a risk
assessment model that supports companies in the investment decision-making process regarding IT security measures by identifying and evaluating the most critical areas of the information network while considering the underlying production network. F... 
