Caracterização da produção científica acerca da segurança cibernética e indústria 4.0 no contexto da gestão de operações.

Abstract

The structure of Industry 4.0 is based on the most modern automation and intelligent communication systems in the industrial center. This theme has attracted worldwide attention, due to the advantages in productivity, cost reduction, energy savings and, mainly, improvement in the security of productive operations. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the characteristics of the scientific production on Cybersecurity in Industry 4.0 in the context of operations management. The scientific databases Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus were included as search sources, considered two digital data foundations of international relevance. The articles were selected by means of predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, complying with some of the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), for the synthesis and analysis of the scientific knowledge already produced on the investigated theme. After summarizing and logically organizing the subject, figures, graphs, and tables were used to illustrate and present the scientific findings. The evolutionary profile of the scientific production between 2017 and 2021 was evaluated, and initially sixty-three (63) scientific articles were identified. By the analysis, it was observed that the final sample was composed of 18 (eighteen) articles, with more than 50% of the publications between the years 2020 and 2021, and mostly subscribed by male researchers. The main authors, for the most part, have degrees in Computer Engineering and are affiliated among seventeen (17) different institutions, distributed in exactly fifteen (15) countries, mostly in the Asian continent. All the journals analyzed in the scope of this research registered the publication of at least one article, thus cataloging 18 (eighteen) scientific journals. The bibliometric network of relationships between authors and co-authors revealed the presence of 3 (three) groups (Cluster) of researchers with expertise in the area of the object of study, i.e., active in research on cybersecurity in the context of the so-called Industry 4.0, especially, closely involving the management of industrial operations. The technologies created by Industry 4.0 have been an element of much debate in various areas of knowledge, since the need to analyze how cybersecurity will be achieved with regard to the transfer and storage of data within intelligent factories. Therefore, the subject of study has been approached under a new perspective of technological evolution with the presence of connected cyber-physical systems in industrial environments that demand Cybersecurity, mainly, the criterion of international certifications.