Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Open Cloud Factory signed a collaboration agreement for scientific and technological research a year ago, for 5 years. In the second year of the agreement, the agents have decided to take another step and link the Industry 4.0 laboratory they use for their collaboration with the INCIBE network of industrial laboratories.

In Industry 4.0, both university students and researchers use the OpenNAC Enterprise modular software from the Open Cloud Factory for work, research, and solution development. It is a solution that allows access control to be accessed, as it allows full display of IT / OT / IoT / IioT assets and control of access and compliance. Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Open Cloud Factory have agreed to allow other companies outside the collaboration agreement to enter these facilities and carry out their tests and research there.

Avant-garde laboratory

The laboratory covers an area of ​​112m2 and includes state-of-the-art technological equipment such as artificial vision, Collaborative Robot, 2 Industrial Robots, a modular production system and a mobile robot. All of this industrial systems infrastructure is also linked to a Data Processing Center, which has Network Electronic equipment, as well as data storage and processing equipment and sites and pipes set up and networks in accordance with IEC-62443 ‘Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems’ standards also a cybersecurity equipment that allows segmentation.

Cybersecurity training offer

This initiative reaffirms Mondragon Unibertsitatea's commitment to strategic action in the field of cybersecurity, as it has a research team specializing in Data Analysis and Cybersecurity and offers training programs for various profiles:

• Master in Cybersecurity for professionals. It offers two routes: IT and OT. Part-time, with speakers who are experts in the field of industry and the final project being a project applied in the company.
• Master's Degree in Data Analysis, Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing. Dual master's degree, one and a half years, with paid internships in the company.

About the Open Cloud Factory

The mission of Open Cloud Factory is to create and develop solutions in the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). In doing so, it seeks to respond to the digital security needs of organizations in general so that they can run their businesses with confidence, stability and efficiency.

The company operates mainly in Spain, Mexico and Brazil, and is constantly growing in developing markets, both in Europe and in Latin America, in line with its geographical expansion and development plan.

The company wants to focus on a common cybersecurity strategy, taking into account the areas of IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology). The strategy also aims to help highlight and control the assets of corporate networks