Information security challenges in the digitalisation of the austrian food industry
- In 2021, a prominent Austria dairy producer suffered from an IT attack and was completely paralysed. Without clearly defined mitigation measures in place, major disruptions were caused alongside the whole supply chain, including logistics service providers, governmental food safety bodies, as well as retailers (i.e., supermarkets and convenience stores). In this paper, we ask the question how digitisation and digital transformation impact IT security, especially when considering the complex company ecosystems of food production and food supply chains in Austria. The problem statement stems from a gap in knowledge of key differences in approaches towards IT security, resilience, risk management and especially business interfaces between food suppliers, supermarkets, distributors, logistics and other service providers. In order to answer related research questions, firstly, the authors conduct literature research, and highlight common guidelines and standardisation as well as look at state-based recommendations for critical infrastructure. In a second step, the paper describes a quantitative and qualitative survey with Austrian food companies (producers and retailers) which is described in detail in the paper. A description of recommended measures for the industry, further steps, as well as an outlook conclude the paper.
Author: | Claudia Hetzenauer, Martin Dobler, Armin Simma |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC58018.2023.10332338 |
ISBN: | 979-8-3503-1517-2 |
ISSN: | 2693-8855 |
Parent Title (English): | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC). 19-22 June, 2023. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. |
Subtitle (English): | Assessment of food Suppliers and implications |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Place of publication: | Piscataway, NJ |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Release Date: | 2024/01/10 |
Tag: | Digital Transformation; Digitisation; Food Industry; Information Security; Supply Chain Management |
Number of pages: | 7 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 7 |
Organisationseinheit: | Forschung / Forschungszentrum Business Informatics |
Technik / Technik | Engineering & Technology | |
DDC classes: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 600 Technik |
Open Access?: | nein |
Peer review: | wiss. Beitrag, peer-reviewed |
Publicationlist: | Dobler, Martin |
Simma, Armin | |
Licence (German): | UrhG - The Austrian Copyright Act applies - Es gilt das österr. Urheberrechtsgesetz |