PLC Security Quickie Survey, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines password practices, access-sharing and post-shipment program control among machinery OEMs, drawing on a March 2020 industry survey of equipment manufacturers across revenue bands. The analysis indicates focus areas including access controls and customer permissions, contractual protections and service implications such as NDAs and warranty language, and revision-tracking and digital-tool adoption from remote routers to ERP and cloud workflows. Emerging patterns show companies tend to protect HMIs and PLCs but vary in documentation, distribution format and formal version control; charts highlight persistent gaps in governance and traceability. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI Business Intelligence in March 2020. Based on a 67-respondent industry survey with write-in responses from OEMs/machinery manufacturers collected March 2020.
