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SZ Lin
SZ Lin (林上智) has more than 15 years of experience in ICS/OT cybersecurity with expertise in critical infrastructure protection and open source security. He currently serves as the President of the ISA Taiwan Section and is an ISA qualified instructor, contributing to the development of ISA/IEC 62443 standards and the ISASecure certification program. Lin is also a committee member of the SEMI Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium (SMCC), where he collaborates on advancing cybersecurity frameworks for the semiconductor industry. In the open source community, Lin is a Debian Developer and the initiator of the OpenChain Taiwan workgroup, where he actively develops and contributes to open source security and compliance. Lin holds multiple industry-recognized certifications including CISSP, ISSAP, CSSLP, GICSP (Gold) and ISA/IEC 62443 Expert. He regularly shares insights at global ICS/OT security conferences.
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Top 10 Open Source Software Security Risks
Build in security from the design phase and carefully plan the entire supply chain.By: International Society of Automation (ISA), SZ Lin06 October, 2025 | 8 minutesSponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA) -
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Understanding the Relationship Between SEMI E187 and ISA/IEC 62443 in Equipment Security Implementation
This article explores the practical relationship between SEMI E187 and ISA/IEC 62443, highlighting areas of alignment as well as nuances where the standards partially overlap.By: SZ Lin30 May, 2025 | 6 minutes -
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Confronting the OWASP Top 10 OSS Risks for Industrial Automation Control Systems
We will discuss OWASP's 2024 “Top 10 Open Source Software Security Risks” in the context of industrial automation and control systems.By: SZ Lin07 February, 2025 | 8 minutes -
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Manage Vulnerabilities in ICS Open Source Software
Ensuring high-quality code in open source software to avoid an increased cyber risk to industrial control systems is becoming a pivotal challenge.By: SZ Lin16 February, 2021 | 5 minutes
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