Cybersecurity of Connected Farm Machinery: A Perspective on Fleet Risk and Dealer Access

Authors

  • Kosara Gavrilovic Department of Information Security, Srem Institute of Agro-Informatics, Ruma, Serbia Author
  • Prudence Skelmersdale Department of Agricultural Engineering, Holderness Centre for Digital Agriculture, Beverley, United Kingdom Author
  • Jokull Eiriksdottir Department of Agricultural Engineering, Fljotsdalur Centre for Digital Agriculture, Egilsstadir, Iceland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22665528

Keywords:

Cybersecurity of Connected Farm Machinery; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

Cybersecurity of Connected Farm Machinery has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can actually
use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for cybersecurity of connected farm
machinery, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely
settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks
better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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