PLM Review Needs Security Attention

摘要

For the past couple of weeks, I've spent most of my time in meetings to review and select a new product life-cycle management (PLM) application. Normally, I would just forward a copy of my guide to implementing secure applications and let the project manager go to town. But I have been charged with protecting the company's intellectual property, and this PLM deployment is critical to that strategic objective. Therefore, I wanted to be actively in- volved in assessing the security controls. For those of you security folks who haven't had the pleasure of working at a manufacturing company, PLM is an application that's used to document and support the complete life cycle of a product, from planning through product maintenance. Most important, PLM software will help us manage the bills of materials for our products.