Trend Micro today announced the signing of a new partnership with Pro-face by Schneider Electric, marking another milestone in its efforts to safeguard Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).Akihiko Omikawa, Vice President of Trend Micro IoT Protection and Chairman of TXOne Networks, said: "Digital technology is driving a new industrial revolution, but it also creates many new security risks. As an innovator in IoT protection, Trend Micro, we Equipped with the tools needed to safeguard critical business growth. Our partnership with Pro-face by Schneider Electric will give more industrial asset owners access to the tools to protect their critical control system environments, guard against exploits, and create secure connectivity online work environment.”Industry 4.0 symbolizes the complete integration of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), which in turn increases factory efficiency and saves costs, but it also exposes critical manufacturing systems to the risk of hacking.Human-machine interface (HMI) software vulnerabilities are a major source of security risks in this field.Nearly 89% of all vulnerabilities that could affect critical manufacturing in 2021 could be used to create an impact, including: denial of service, disrupting production processes, or stealing data.According to a recent Trend Micro study, the average cost of each ICS/OT security incident is approximately $3 million.However, taking operationally critical systems offline to test or apply patches can be a difficult challenge in industrial environments.Trend Micro's ICS/OT protection solution, Trend Micro EdgeIPS, was developed by TXOne Networks, which specializes in developing OT protection products under Trend Micro. It can bring peace of mind to industrial system information security executives.This transparent industrial intrusion prevention system provides virtual patching to protect critical industrial assets against known and unknown threats without changing network topology.It is designed to protect both traditional industrial assets and digital transformation projects using IoT devices.Tomoa Ishii, vice president of Schneider Electric's HMI business unit, said: "OT and IIoT environments are particularly vulnerable to vulnerabilities as legacy systems connect to the Internet and digital transformation expands the attack surface. Trend Micro can provide OT security leadership. The visibility, control and protection that people need most. Through this alliance, we will help industrial asset holders transform their industries faster and safer.”Further reading: Tribute to Macintosh's GaN GaN charging head "Sharge Retro 35W Charger" out of the box and play "WooTechy iPhixer" to easily fix iPhone black screen, stuck on Apple logo, unable to boot, forget device password, etc. "Chromecast with Google TV" is even better than your Android TV. Play it out of the box