Dear Antonio Dickson Sobrinho,

The key potential threats related to the implementation of Industry 4.0 technology for various business applications include various, new, specific categories of technical operational risk. There is little literature on this subject, because the issue of improving economic and business activity through the implementation of specific types of technologies Industry 4.0 is currently a developing area of ​​dynamically developing technologies, i.e. artificial intelligence, learning machines, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, Big Data Analytics , digital twins, 5 G, robotics, multi-criteria simulation models, Blockchain, smart technologies, horizontal and vertical data system integration, Virtual and Augmented Reality, advanced Data Mining, Business Intelligence, etc. and their applications in various branches of the economy. In accordance with the current forecasting models, the scale of development of these technologies and their applications in economies, in the economic activities of companies, enterprises and institutions will also continue to grow in the next at least a few to several years.

Regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I think you are aware of our work on the subject. I think that the lack of work that you mention is above all linked to the scope and diversity of the subject. Few researchers today have the capacity to comprehend in a global way all the developments that occur on a daily basis in the world of production, because they are so diverse. I think that multidisciplinary teams should be set up over a significant period of time (certainly more than 5 years) to make significant progress on the subject.

The best example I can give is that of a few areas in which the team I am part of has been involved over the last few years. I think this will show the extent of the knowledge to be mobilised:

Article Development of a circular economy and evolution of working c...

Preprint Contributing to occupational risk prevention through initial...

Article Medium-term consequences (5 years) of the Covid-19 crisis on...

Article Evolution of working conditions under the impact of ICTs

Conference Paper Bicycle delivery drivers: prevention prevented

This is a vital question that you have raised professor, and a highly critical area that probably needs to be compartmentalized and studied.

The so-called 4-IR has quite a few skeletons in the cupboard which are big black holes with no particular remedies in sight. I take one specific area-Energy (conventional and renewable). I would focus on the energy sector which mostly runs on physical infrastructure. Some of the biggest industrial players are operating in this sector such as Vestas Wind Systems, Canstar Blue, Engie, Siemens Gamesa, Canadian Solar, etc. Turning back the clock just a little we saw the huge damage caused by the so-called BlackCat Ransomware Gang which bought down Energy Giant Creos, and then in June this year, the German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft. Imagine if they start targeting nuclear reactors, and airports. as we move towards AI and start bypassing the human factor, threat levels from cyber and related vectors will move up considerably.