A Security and Trust Protection Framework for Open CNC Production Line

With the further integration of information technology and industry, the computer numerical control (CNC) production line has gradually changed from the original isolated and closed mode to an open one. It faces not only internal threats, but also threats from the Internet. Starting from the characteristics and cybersecurity problem analysis of open CNC production lines, this paper proposes a security and trust protection framework based on trusted computing 3.0 and the concept of defense in depth, where a tri-element peer architecture is introduced to realize two-way authentication between the access device and the platform and an active immunity scheme for open CNC system is designed to ensure the trust from the source, and the trusted NC-Link agent/adaper are utilized to connect the heterogeneous equipments trustedly in the production line. The proposed framework can improve the information security level of the open CNC production line while maintaining its openness.