axxessio, together with its partner company accessec, has been awarded the contract for IUNO InSec, a scientific project of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which is intended to increase IT security in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). IUNO InSec, short for integration and migration strategies for industrial IT security, is based on the findings of the predecessor project IUNO and systematically enhances them. The aim is to enable SMEs to analyse and evaluate the status of their own IT security and to show ways to establish an appropriate level of protection. This is particularly important for SMEs, as they often lack expert knowledge and the necessary resources in this area. axxessio acts as an IT security and technical consultant in the project.

In order to remain competitive in the long-term, it is imperative to start thinking about Industry 4.0 today – also for medium-sized industrial companies. The packaging manufacturer Sanner GmbH recognized this at an early stage: The company served as a reference for the first Hessian Industry 4.0 project with an SME. CyplFlex, short for cyber-physical intralogistics systems, aims to make SME series production more flexible. The goal of the research and pilot project, initiated by the Darmstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce, was to develop a process model for medium-sized series production companies that would enable them to develop and implement specific Industry 4.0 solutions. axxessio took over the overall project management for the IT architecture. The team supported the analysis of the status quo of Sanner and developed the basic Industry 4.0 strategy. Based on this, a concrete IT strategy was derived and an individual, future IT architecture was developed.