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Security for Industrial Manufacturing Portal: Products, News & Resources
Security for Industrial Manufacturing Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Security for Industrial Manufacturing with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers to ensure automation systems are secure from cyber threats and physical compromise. Security has become a major concern in automation to protect people, plants, processes and intellectual property.
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Articles
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Unifying the Physical Infrastructure to Advance Lean
- 02/28/10 Managing Automation, February 2010 By Stephanie Neil Moving all building automation systems into a unified physical infrastructure that can control the lights, security cameras, and climate from one box makes it easier to manage all aspects of the entire building and saves money as well. |
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Network Security Demands Less Complexity
- 02/22/10 Automation World, February 2010 By C. Kenna Amos As threats multiply, network security technologists rush to neutralize them. |
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How Much Network Access Should You Allow?
- 02/22/10 Industrial Networking, March 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? |
White Papers
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Understanding and Minimizing Your HMI/SCADA System Security Gaps
By GE Intelligent Platforms Understanding and minimizing the security gaps in your HMI/SCADA system can be a challenge due to complex, multi-layered technologies. This white paper describes where vulnerabilities within an HMI/SCADA system may lie, and how companies can take proactive steps to address susceptible areas such as the software technology and communications elements through security-based software capabilities to protect their systems. |
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Meeting NERC Change Control Requirements for HMI/SCADA and Control Systems
By GE Intelligent Platforms NERC’s standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) apply to various critical assets, and this paper demonstrates how Change Control principles can help protect two specific asset types: SCADA and control systems. |
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Maritime Security: Meeting Threats to the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
By Honeywell Process Solutions A major issue for worldwide energy companies is securing offshore oil and gas platforms. This paper covers the challenges faced by the oil & gas industry in securing offshore production assets, including key requirements for an effective platform security strategy, and the latest technology enabling an integrated security management system. |
Application Stories
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Cyber Security—A Must For the Smart Grid
- 08/20/09 Automation World, August 2009 By Rob Spiegel Electric plants bolster cyber security as NERC starts audits on Internet safety. Like many electric plants, the Grant County Utility District (GCUD) in Ephrata, Wash., needed to bring its cyber security into compliance with standards developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC). |
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Under Watchful Eyes
- 08/20/09 Automation World, August 2009 By Wes Iversen Dutch-based Shell is pursuing an aggressive, multimillion-dollar initiative to keep computer worms, viruses and cyber intruders out of its process control systems. |
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ABB selects IVC camera system for Guri Dam Project
- 06/16/09 Process & Control Today, June 2009 ABB has implemented IVC cameras and camera management software in the Guri Dam protection system. The second largest dam in the world, the Guri hydroelectric plant provides most of Venezuela’s hydroelectric power |
Resources & Literature
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Poll Question - How many different networks do you have in your facility?
How many different communication networks do you have implemented in factories and/or plants? The list of available networks includes, but is not limited to: Foundation Fieldbus, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, Interbus, AS-Interface, CanOpen, CC-Link, PROFINET, HART, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink, SERCOS, Modbus, LonWorks and DeviceNet. |
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Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary
No technical library is complete without this comprehensive dictionary covering the entire vocabulary of automation, systems, and instrumentation. This authoritative fourth edition contains the latest trends in industrial instrumentation and automation. References relevant to ISA and IEC standards are included throughout, along with illustrations to enhance the definitions of more difficult terminology. With CDROM. |
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ISA publishes new edition of Industrial Network Security book
- 03/04/10
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. |
Training & Seminars
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ISA Cyber Security for Automation, Control, and SCADA Systems
April 5 through May 28, 2010 This course is offered online and utilizes online training modules, additional text materials, online evaluations, and email discussions. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. Price: $1,210. |
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Using the ANSI/ISA99 to Secure Your Control System
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. |
Product Announcements
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M2M updates Netbiter EasyConnect portal
- 03/15/10
Enhancements include plug’n’play installation of wireless devices, and secure access of firewall protected equipment. |
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Lanner introduces FW-7565 network appliance
- 03/04/10
FW-7565 is designed as a low-end firewall appliance, is built around the new dual-core Intel Atom processor D510, and supports 8 GbE ports. |
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Control Microsystems adds video surveillance to ClearSCADA
- 02/28/10
When motion is detected, an alarm is raised and a video “snippet” is attached to the alarm message and sent to the central control site, showing what happened before and after the event. |
Company & Organization News
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ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions. |
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ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
- 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors. |
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Schneider Electric acquires Zicom Electronic Security Systems
- 03/07/10 Zicom is the largest independent electronic security systems integrator in India. |
Project News
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GarrettCom provides Ethernet switches to Danish rail
- 12/14/09 Magnum 6KQ managed Ethernet field switches provide onboard networking to passengers on Danish rail operator DSB , as well as IP networking for video surveillance. |
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Emerson to control Johnsonburg, PA, wastewater treatment plant
- 11/10/09 Equipment includes PlantWeb, Ovation control system, cyber security, AMS software, and pressure, flow, level and pH/ORP sensors with HART transmitters. |
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ISaGRAF supplies software to CSE-Semaphore
- 05/08/09 ISaGRAF software will be used in CSE-Semaphore’s Kingfisher series of Advanced RTUs, which are now available with Secure DNP3 Authentication. |
Events
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