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May 2010 |
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| Featured Articles |
Network Security Demands Less Complexity
Automation World, February 2010
By C. Kenna Amos
As threats multiply, network security technologists rush to neutralize them.
How Much Network Access Should You Allow?
ControlDesign.com, February 2010
By Jim Montague
The two main questions in network security are: How closed does your network need to be? And, how open can you afford it to be? |
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Cyber security: Vendors fight back
Control Engineering Europe, January 2010
There is increasing attention by control system vendors to enhance cyber security and operate better in corporate IT environments. This attention is good because cyber threats are not decreasing and, at the same time, corporate IT environments are becoming more protected.
Build a cyber security incident response plan
Control Engineering Europe, January 2010
By Kevin Staggs, Honeywell Process Solutions
A plan lets everyone respond properly to a control system security breach, whether it’s a failure of a critical cyber component or an intentional break.
ISA99: Charting a security standards roadmap into a risky new decade
InTech, February 2010
By Charley Robinson
In the past year, ISA99 has established a roadmap that calls for delivering at least 14 standards and technical reports addressing vital aspects of industrial control systems security. Work is underway in areas including system security requirements and security assurance levels, target security assurance levels for zones and conduits, compliance metrics, and patch management.
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| Resources & Literature |
ISA publishes Embedded Device Security Assurance Specifications
The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) posted two of three key elements of the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assessment (EDSA) certification specification on its website.
ISA publishes Online ISA Directory of Automation
This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.
ISA publishes new edition of Industrial Network Security book
Industrial Network Security, 2nd Edition, by David J. Teumim, tells managers, engineers, technicians, and operators how to keep industrial networks secure amid rising threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and even cyberterrorists.
Industrial Network Security, 2nd Edition
Book by David J. Teumim
Industrial Network Security is critically important to industrial systems. This easy-to-read book introduces managers, engineers, technicians, and operators on how to keep our industrial networks secure amid rising threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and even cyber-terrorists.
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| Application Stories |
Copper Theft
Transmission & Distribution, April 2010
By Scott W. McKenzie, Northeast Utilities, and Brian K. Smith, Progress Energy
Both Northeast Utilities and Progress Energy have been exploring ways to combat copper theft. As would be expected, each utility has a different approach, some of the methods are portable and some are permanent. While their needs varied, both utilities were looking for a solution that was affordable and effective.
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| Featured Training |
Using the ANSI/ISA99 Standard to Secure Your Control System
June 7, 2010 - June 8, 2010
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
This course provides a detailed look at how the ANSI/ISA99 standards can be used to protect your critical control systems. It also explores the procedural and technical differences between the security for traditional IT environments and those solutions appropriate for SCADA or plant floor environments.
Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA99 Standards
June 10, 2010
Location: Las Vegas , NV, USA
Understanding how to secure factory automation, process control, and SCADA networks is critical if you want to protect them from viruses, hackers, spies, or saboteurs.
Introduction to Industrial Automation Security and the ANSI/ISA99 Standards
June 17, 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Understanding how to secure factory automation, process control, and SCADA networks is critical if you want to protect them from viruses, hackers, spies, or saboteurs.
Industrial Networking & Security
September 27, 2010 - October 1, 2010
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
In this course, you will learn about the latest developments in networking, including practical tips on designing, implementing and testing TCP/IP-based networks and how to apply them securely and reliably in an Industrial environment.
Honeywell Experion PKS-OPC Implementation, Security & Troubleshooting - Amsterdam
October 4, 2010 - October 8, 2010
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The OPC Training Institute and Honeywell partnered to host training that specifically targets the Honeywell Experion PKS implementation of OPC. Learn about Honeywell Experion PKS working with OPC, troubleshooting/repairing DCOM problems, ensuring security. This training enables students to delve into DCOM configuration and diagnostics with Honeywell Experion PKS.
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| Company & Organizational News |
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Report says control system cyber security incidents up
Report observes a decline in the incident rate in the petroleum and chemical industries, but an increase in the incident rate in the water & wastewater and the power & utilities industries.
ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.
Schneider Electric acquires Zicom Electronic Security Systems
Zicom is the largest independent electronic security systems integrator in India.
ISA issues Call for Papers for Automation Week 2010
ISA issued a Call for Papers inviting authors, experts, innovators, and automation professionals to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference to be held in Houston, TX, 4-7 October 2010.
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| Featured Events |
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Techno-Security 2010
June 6, 2010 - June 10, 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Attendees include some of the top practitioners in the world in the fields of Information Security, eDiscovery, Digital Forensics and and Technical Business Continuity Planning.
Critical Infrastructure Security Summit
June 21, 2010 - June 23, 2010
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Critical Infrastructure Security Summit: Enhancing Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems
ISA Automation Week
October 4, 2010 - October 6, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
ISA Automation Week 2010 will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. Discrete and process automation professionals will have a chance to learn innovative techniques and solutions for creating more efficient, productive, and economical manufacturing processes.
SPS/IPC/Drives Italia
May 24, 2011 - May 26, 2011
Location: Fiere di Parma exhibition centre, Italy
SPS/IPC/Drives Italia is a new trade show dedicated to industrial automation
manufacturers and suppliers and will chiefly be focused on energy efficiency,
safety & security in automation and industrial identification.
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