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When designing an MES-ERP integration project, the placement of the planning and scheduling phases determines how many interfaces a plant will maintain for the life of its systems.

Siemens and Galp Energia collaborate to enhance a renewable hydrogen plant’s operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 110,000 tons of CO₂ per year.

Welcome to the October 2026 issue of the International Society of Automation’s online magazine, Automation.com Monthly, the annual roundup of OT Cybersecurity Trends. Learn how to secure connected legacy systems, prepare to resist quantum-computer-enabled decryption, manage end-of-life IoT devices, and more. Discover what the EU Cyber Resilience Act means for asset owners and automation suppliers. Access global research on industrial cybersecurity vulnerabilities, mitigations, and protection strategies. Discover resources for staying up to date on OT cybersecurity strategies at every level.

Data poisoning reduces AI accuracy by influencing what an industrial system learns and how it responds to inputs.

By digitizing instrumentation signals at or near the process and transmitting multiple measurements over a single communications link, Remote I/O helps facilities improve installation efficiency, simplify maintenance, and accommodate future expansion without extensive modifications to existing control infrastructure.

Following the creation of CISA guidance for asset owners, a group of authors created a document for automation suppliers about how they might improve their OT cybersecurity offerings. OPC UA brings strong cybersecurity protections to the entire automation industry.

In the face of rising AI-enabled critical infrastructure threats, industrials average 16 hours of downtime and up to $500,000 in losses from significant cyber incidents, says the report.

In the latest edition of the Ask the Automation Pros column, the pros discuss how to set up a data historian to transform data into information that can be used for process monitoring, diagnosis, prediction, optimization and continuous improvement.

How will aligning Switzerland’s regulations with the CRA impact Swiss manufacturers and customers?

Water shortages now rank as high as cyberattacks and supply chain disruption for industrial business continuity.

Manufacturers who build ISA/IEC 62443 into their secure development lifecycle can turn the EU Cyber Resilience Act into a passport to the European market and a stronger position worldwide.

For years, cybersecurity strategies in manufacturing focused primarily on protecting corporate IT systems while keeping production environments largely isolated from external networks. That model is being challenged as manufacturers create more connections between operational technology (OT) and enterprise systems to support business-wide initiatives.

Appointment of Honeywell Technologies veterans will strengthen leadership across the company’s businesses and support its long-term growth outlook

A controller connected to the Internet is exposed by design. The practical response is architectural: close the comm path and move process data through a controlled connection

How to develop an OT cybersecurity roadmap to transition to PQC algorithms designed to resist quantum-computer-enabled decryption.

Proposed FCC regulatory update would help facilitate ultra-wideband for industrial safety, physical AI, robotics, automation and real-time asset tracking.

The ability to fill cybersecurity roles requires rethinking hiring strategies, investing in reskilling and implementing tools like AI.

Agilicus and ISAGCA to work together to advance OT cybersecurity.

Magnetic flow meters have proven to excel in challenging applications. This Q&A with Cheng Vue, Global Product Manager at Emerson, covers how the company is innovating with magnetic flow meters that are more intelligent, trustworthy, and easier to use.

The European machine vision industry is expected to grow by 3% this year, and there is a positive demand for machine vision products made in Europe for 2027.