WIBU-SYSTEMS Case Studies Secure Production Data, Secure Business

	Secure Production Data, Secure Business WIBU-SYSTEMS

Secure Production Data, Secure Business

WIBU-SYSTEMS

Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Product Development
Use Cases	Intrusion Detection Systems Log in to view content
Challenge	The textile industry is one of the pioneer sectors in the rise of truly globalized supply chains. Fashion brands or high-tech fabric makers often operate a globally dispersed business, with designers far away from the actual production of their creations. ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH stands as a critical lynchpin in that global system, as invaluable and much-coveted designs and production data pass through its high-tech design tools and embroidery machines – an alluring target for product pirates and more ruthless actors on the grey market. Read More
Customer	With over a century of innovation in textile engineering to its name, ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH is respected as a hallmark for quality, precision, and reliability in innovative single and multi-headed and specialized embroidery machines. Its technology is favored by users in all areas of the textile industry, from regular branded apparel to high-tech fabrics and the promising field of wearable electronics. Read More
Solution	ZSK Stickmaschinen relies on Wibu-Systems to protect its own business model and the legitimate business of the users of its machines. CodeMeter allows only the correctly licensed use of the embroidery machines; by encrypting the software controlling the ZSK machines and the production data, Wibu-Systems’ technology stops would-be IP thieves from stealing invaluable branded designs and counterfeiters from replicating the textile machines’ inner workings themselves. With a tiny CmDongle slotted unobtrusively into its machines, ZSK Stickmaschinen achieves its double purpose: The integrity of its own technology and the designs of its clients are protected, and the system becomes a strong gatekeeper in a globalized and virtualized business: Versatile licensing allows complete control over production volumes and ensures that data can move through the collective network without the threat of manipulation. Access to client documents is securely limited to legitimate users and, optionally, to specific periods defined by the license. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Data Security, IP Address, Process Documentation , Production Efficiency, Volume Read More Log in to view content
Solution Type	IT Read More Log in to view content
Solution Maturity	Emerging (technology has been on the market for > 2 years) Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Product Development

Use Cases

Challenge

The textile industry is one of the pioneer sectors in the rise of truly globalized supply chains. Fashion brands or high-tech fabric makers often operate a globally dispersed business, with designers far away from the actual production of their creations. ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH stands as a critical lynchpin in that global system, as invaluable and much-coveted designs and production data pass through its high-tech design tools and embroidery machines – an alluring target for product pirates and more ruthless actors on the grey market.

Customer

With over a century of innovation in textile engineering to its name, ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH is respected as a hallmark for quality, precision, and reliability in innovative single and multi-headed and specialized embroidery machines. Its technology is favored by users in all areas of the textile industry, from regular branded apparel to high-tech fabrics and the promising field of wearable electronics.

Solution

ZSK Stickmaschinen relies on Wibu-Systems to protect its own business model and the legitimate business of the users of its machines. CodeMeter allows only the correctly licensed use of the embroidery machines; by encrypting the software controlling the ZSK machines and the production data, Wibu-Systems’ technology stops would-be IP thieves from stealing invaluable branded designs and counterfeiters from replicating the textile machines’ inner workings themselves.

With a tiny CmDongle slotted unobtrusively into its machines, ZSK Stickmaschinen achieves its double purpose: The integrity of its own technology and the designs of its clients are protected, and the system becomes a strong gatekeeper in a globalized and virtualized business: Versatile licensing allows complete control over production volumes and ensures that data can move through the collective network without the threat of manipulation. Access to client documents is securely limited to legitimate users and, optionally, to specific periods defined by the license.

Data Collected

Data Security, IP Address, Process Documentation , Production Efficiency, Volume

Solution Type

Solution Maturity

Emerging (technology has been on the market for > 2 years)

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Security] Complete control over production volumes, data can move through the collective network without the threat of manipulation. Access to client documents is securely limited to legitimate users.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Security]
Complete control over production volumes, data can move through the collective network without the threat of manipulation. Access to client documents is securely limited to legitimate users.

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Secure Production Data, Secure Business

Operational Impact