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This article explores how a resilient software foundation and a microkernel architecture can isolate critical workloads, contain faults, and support lifecycle cybersecurity. It highlights how foundational platforms such as QNX can enable secure and safe software-defined industrial modernization approaches that are essential in building and managing resilient systems throughout the systems lifecycle.

Regular, versioned backups of SCADA projects should be managed diligently. Without them, you may or may not be able to recover your data when the system fails. We got lucky.

Factories generate enormous quantities of sensor data, yet most of it is never translated into timely operational decisions, leaving significant production capacity unrealized. The next industrial advantage will belong to companies and countries that build infrastructure capable of interpreting this data in real time and using it to improve factory operations.

Recent incidents have accelerated efforts to help water utilities improve their cybersecurity posture. One of the most significant is Project Watershed 250.

Advanced digital tools can optimize performance and reduce costs, but only when based on accurate, connected data. This article discusses how data can be captured and structured to facilitate all the promises of a digitally integrated facility.

America’s manufacturing expansion faces not only a labor shortage but a loss of institutional knowledge as experienced workers retire. Factories must capture human decisions alongside machine data to create a sovereign knowledge repository that helps future workers diagnose problems, act faster, and avoid repeating mistakes.

In the latest edition of the Ask the Automation Pros column, the pros share strategies for enhancing control system reliability.

Why AI-enabled workflows fail when organizations automate the visible task but leave the human decision logic behind.

Water utilities move from reactive to proactive maintenance using centralized asset data to improve visibility, reduce maintenance and support growth.

For plants weighing modernization against budget and downtime constraints, extracting existing HART data is one of the lowest-disruption steps available.

A practical look at how guided wave radar works, what makes it different from other level technologies, and how to install and apply it successfully.

ISA Fellow Sarah Fluchs is bridging the gap between engineering and cybersecurity, making cybersecurity more accessible, proactive and measurable.

Collaborative robot (cobot) and actuator suppliers are benefiting from the rapid growth in humanoid robot production.

Cyber incident reporting is entering a new phase on both sides of the Atlantic.

When selecting the right End-of-arm tooling (EOAT) for physical AI-driven robotic applications, these four requirements are critical.

The future of fulfillment will not be defined by technology alone but by how effectively organizations put it to work.

Specialized flow meters are required to measure the density of silica sand slurry, ideally without process pipe penetrations or production interruptions during installation.

Governed Industrial AI for connected work takes the risk out of AI integration while inspiring frontline workers to work smarter.

Unified Namespace (UNS) is becoming a critical enabler for the next generation of manufacturing. It provides an a real-time, contextualized representation of the factory.

Does the workforce available at the time of a problem match the response your organization expects?