3MF, a consortium of AM hardware and software companies, has released a new extension to address payload protection and production control requirements in Additive Manufacturing.
The 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) Secure Content specification would be essential to take advantage of the full potential of AM. The secure content extension establishes an underlying mechanism for payload encryption of sensitive 3D printed data based on modern web standards.
This allows end-to-end encryption for targeted workflows, the application of industrial 3D printing applications with diverse part geometries to be printed in distributed environments with extensive supply chains. Furthermore, this technology allows third parties to build eco-systems that properly mitigate privacy risks, obey governmental regulations or provide digital asset security and protection from data corruption.
An implementation of the extension on GitHub under a permissive BSD license is already available.
A new founding member
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of digital content protection and advanced data solutions, is also joining the 3MF Consortium as Founding Member.
The company has developed a digital asset distribution and traceability solution for use across the industry 4.0 supply chain. A critical component at the juncture of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) security chains, VO SMP (Secure Manufacturing Platform) allows companies using additive manufacturing (AM) or machining to effectively control, track, and trace data transactions across suppliers, ensuring the highest levels of cybersecurity standards and certifications.
“With AM’s coming of age, the need to resolve interoperability issues through standardized formats and interfaces on the one hand, and the requirement for digital content security to prevent data corruption or commercial misuse of data on the other hand, are growing more acute,” said Alain Nochimowski, EVP Innovation at Viaccess-Orca. “We are excited to join the membership ranks of the 3MF consortium and look forward to helping address the digital asset security aspects within the broader digital manufacturing industry.”
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