G&D and Robbiot develop an IoT prevention and protection system in the mining industry

This smart device-based security system collects real-time radiation data, noise level and position, to transmit them to the mine control center and prevent accidents and improve workers' conditions in this environment.

New IoT security technology developed by Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) And Robbiot has already been tested in a real environment in the Massari Mineracao mines of Sao Paulo (Brazil), where your workers now go down to the mine with a smart device that integrates a series of sensors to monitor real-time data on everything that happens underground, as radiation levels, noise or the exact position of the miner.

All this information is safely transferred to the mining company's security control center, with key and encryption technologies to prevent interception or theft, over wireless networks operating under the LoRa standard, low-power, long-range.

These networks can connect low-cost, low-power sensors, powered by batteries, more than 16 Km. away, both on the surface and underground. That's why they're suitable for use in harsh environments, difficult to access or with limited connectivity, as in the case of mines. The project developed in Brazil is the first in the world to use additional security elements that include the LoRa network standard for IoT installations.

According to G&D, the LoRa standard is, to date, a basic technology for mass deployment of IoT applications. The potential for application in all types of industries and environments is very broad, to the point that half of IoT deployments will work on this communications standard in the coming years.

In this context, G&D provides the security technologies needed to shield the communications and information that is shared and collected by systems with these networks. The project for the mining sector is the first in the world to use an additional layer of security on the basic one that includes the specifications of the LoRa standard. The difficulty of this project makes it feasible to extension and adopt it in other less demanding environments and to take advantage of it in other business models and sectors.

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