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Sid Snitkin

Sid Snitkin is vice president of Cybersecurity Services at ARC Advisory Group. Sid's responsibilities include leadership of ARC's Industrial Cybersecurity practice, which develops products and services for protecting industrial facilities. Sid also supports ARC clients in Asset Lifecycle Information Management and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

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  • Thumbnail for Phoenix Contact introduces QUINT CAP and QUINT BUFFER modules

    Phoenix Contact introduces QUINT CAP and QUINT BUFFER modules

    Phoenix Contact’s QUINT CAP and QUINT BUFFER modules provide several seconds of backup time, starting at less than 20 milliseconds after the power loss, to critical applications.
    25 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for ABB introduces ABB ACQ580 variable frequency drive

    ABB introduces ABB ACQ580 variable frequency drive

    The ABB ACQ580 variable frequency drive (VFD) for the water and wastewater industries is designed to optimize wire-to-water/-air efficiency. It also works to improve flow and reliability in municipal pumping and aeration applications.
    25 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for AVEVA announces partnership with Canon to advance smart manufacturing

    AVEVA announces partnership with Canon to advance smart manufacturing

    By combining AVEVA’s industrial automation and information management capabilities with Canon’s imaging technology, the two companies can develop new solutions to facilitate Smart Manufacturing operations.
    25 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for ABB to help Egyptian power company digitalize electric grid

    ABB to help Egyptian power company digitalize electric grid

    The scope of supply includes an ABB Ability Network Manager SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)/Energy Management System (EMS), more than 120 Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) and a fiber-optic communications network to monitor and control the grid.
    25 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for ISA announces ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018 standard

    ISA announces ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018 standard

    ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Technical Security Requirements for IACS Components, provides the cybersecurity technical requirements for components that make up an IACS, specifically the embedded devices, network components, host components and software applications.
    25 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Thumbnail for With an Experienced New Executive at the Helm, ISA Is Confident, Secure in Its Direction

    With an Experienced New Executive at the Helm, ISA Is Confident, Secure in Its Direction

    ISA's new Executive Director Mary Ramsey is a dynamic, experienced leader with a deep understanding of industrial automation, process control, and related industries.
    By: ISA Past-Presidents
    24 September, 2018 | 5 minutes
  • Thumbnail for LonTrend announces LTSX03 explosion proof PTZ housing

    LonTrend announces LTSX03 explosion proof PTZ housing

    LTSX03 comprises different variants like the flexibility for adding heater, blower, wiper, and built-in IR 30/60/100 m to fit a variety of installation environment. As for the pan and tilt function, LTSX03 standard product delivers 360º endless rotation and ±90° tilt which enables unlimited zero spot monitoring from limited installation sites.
    24 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Marktech Optoelectronics introduces Series 4 UV-enhancement process for PIN photodiodes

    Marktech Optoelectronics introduces Series 4 UV-enhancement process for PIN photodiodes

    The Series 4 process allows for the optimization of Marktech PIN photodiodes for accurate measurements in both the UV and blue-green spectral ranges, or @365 nm (0.22 A/W), as well as over a wavelength range of 300 nm to 1100 nm.
    24 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for TrendMiner introduces ContextHub software solution

    TrendMiner introduces ContextHub software solution

    ContextHub is a repository, search engine and collaboration platform for context items that can be neatly aligned to assets, processes and events.
    24 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for TRACO POWER introduces 15 and 30 watt fully encapsulated, chassis mount power supplies

    TRACO POWER introduces 15 and 30 watt fully encapsulated, chassis mount power supplies

    The footprint has been reduced to 2.82 x 1.14 x 0.82” (15W) or 3.95 x 1.50 x 1.00” (30W) with thermal performance. Typical applications include medical 2xMOPP requirements, various industrial applications as well as control systems in building automation
    24 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Electromate introduces POSITAL encoders for cobots

    Electromate introduces POSITAL encoders for cobots

    POSITAL-FRABA has developed new sensing technologies – such as magnetic and capacitive rotary encoders – that provide cobot manufacturers feedback for closed-loop control systems.
    24 September, 2018
    Sponsored By Servo2Go.com Ltd.
  • Thumbnail for How ICS Security Attacks Can Cripple Smart Cities

    How ICS Security Attacks Can Cripple Smart Cities

    By Ben C. Garber, Ultra Electronics, 3eTI Cyber attacks can bring these thriving smart cities to a standstill and create utter chaos. Ensuring cyber-physical security against local and foreign adversaries is the new challenge for today’s city planners.
    24 September, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • Thumbnail for AutoQuiz: What Are the Four Key Activities in the Maintenance Cycle of a Control System?

    AutoQuiz: What Are the Four Key Activities in the Maintenance Cycle of a Control System?

    Documentation of the "as left" condition of the control system is a basic requirement for all maintenance, calibration, commissioning, and testing tasks.
    By: Joel Don
    21 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for RoboSense announces RS-IPLS Intelligent Perception LiDAR autonomous driving system

    RoboSense announces RS-IPLS Intelligent Perception LiDAR autonomous driving system

    An autonomous driving system, the RS-IPLS features real-time data pre-processing and a “gaze” function similar to human eyes.
    21 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Balluff introduces BFF series of flow sensors

    Balluff introduces BFF series of flow sensors

    The recently released BFF series of flow sensors, which are available in both thread-in and inline versions, provide a switching output that is activated when the flow falls below a user-defined rate.
    21 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for POSITAL announces angled housing for IXARC incremental encoders

    POSITAL announces angled housing for IXARC incremental encoders

    The encoder models have core magnetic measurement technology, with dynamic response. A variety of flange and shaft configurations are available. A water and dust-tight grommet around the cable entry ensures that these devices meet IP65 level ingress protection.
    21 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Accu Tech USA announces expansion of North Carolina production facility

    Accu Tech USA announces expansion of North Carolina production facility

    The expanded factory doubles the size of its facility and is part of the company’s strategic growth plan to increase its inventory, manufacturing and production capabilities to meet increasing customer demand.
    21 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Will Manufacturers Ride the Servitization Wave to Greater Profitability?

    Will Manufacturers Ride the Servitization Wave to Greater Profitability?

    By Charles Rathmann, IFS Servitization is driven in part by limited opportunity for many product-centric companies to grow in terms of product revenue and profits—due to factors like downward price pressure, volatile demand and increasing prices for inputs and raw materials.
    21 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Yokogawa announces WT5000 power analyzers

    Yokogawa announces WT5000 power analyzers

    Yokogawa developed the WT5000 Precision Power Analyzer to help satisfy evolving application requirements and ever-changing international standards that call for custom measurements and consistent accuracy.
    21 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Axiomtek introduces AX92320 AND AX92350 frame grabber and vision card

    Axiomtek introduces AX92320 AND AX92350 frame grabber and vision card

    The Axiomtek’s AX92320 supports PCI Express x4 lane, four independent Gigabit 802.3at (PoE, Power-over-Ethernet) compliant Ethernet ports and GigE Vision camera compliance
    21 September, 2018
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