The 9th special issue of the journal Automatisierungstechnik (at) deals in depth with the topic of cybersecurity for industrial application. Among others, KASTEL Security Research Labs (SRL) researchers Prof. Jürgen Beyerer and Dr. Christian Haas acted as editors together with Dr. Bretthauer from KIT. The two KASTEL SRL researchers are based at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB) in Karlsruhe. The core of their research is concerned with the safety of production systems. In the foreword to the special issue, the researchers explain the growing importance of cybersecurity in networked systems in various areas of industry, such as production, the energy industry, transportation and healthcare. Read more.