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A digital twin is a potentially powerful tool that has the capability to address various requirements of manufacturing plants.

ISAGCA asked NIST to consider several additions to President Biden's Executive Order.

Industrial controller redundancy improves system availability, but only if it is implemented with the right capabilities.

Testing and documenting the performance of an SIS is an essential part of ensuring it can fulfill its designed functional safety requirements. This article comes from the May 2021 issue of Intech Focus: Process Control and Safety.

The global instability and increase in remote work caused by the pandemic have played a role in raising the salience of ICS cybersecurity issues. In particular, phishing attacks and spam campaigns are becoming more common. Here's how to stop them.

With the IoT, AI and big data analytics implementations in place, equipment suppliers are now able to provide value-added services in addition to simply selling products to expand into a service-oriented business model. Equipment suppliers need to have a plan and commit R&D resources before they are clear about customers' intentions.

5G, which is capable of providing speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G, may revolutionize how companies use IIoT devices.

Exploring the application, limits and myths of data analytics.

Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. What do these terms mean? Can they be used interchangeably or not?

Understand these factors to protect mixed ICS and IoT environments. This article comes from the Ebook Automation 2021: OT/ICS Cybersecurity.

Let’s look at a physical demonstration that shows the link between functional safety and ICS security, and review what can be done to prevent malware from disrupting production and threatening safety.

Mike Laspisa shares a Q&A with various experts regarding instrumentation specification expertise, covering topics such as selection and installation.

How the adoption of ISA/IEC 62443 could wholly benefit critical infrastructure in African institutions.

In the world of increasing interest in open systems, Endress & Hauser showed its technological openness and innovation in the areas of sensors, edge devices and smart instrumentation.

Ditch the risk of manually managing code and configuration changes. This article comes from the Ebook Automation 2021: OT/ICS Cybersecurity.

OT data challenges to securely executing a smart manufacturing strategy.

To help manufacturers understand, and overcome, some of the challenges associated with smart manufacturing, Martin Thunman, CEO and co-founder of leading low-code platform for streaming analytics, automation and integration for industrial IoT, Crosser shares his insight.

Consider these key questions to help ensure you choose a qualified solution provider. This article comes from the Ebook Automation 2021: OT/ICS Cybersecurity.

Small companies may not have the luxury of state-of-the-art, high-end manufacturing and test equipment, but they can still embrace a hybrid workforce and harness untapped potentials of distributed and remote workers.

How automation takes on the task of human safety and life-saving functionality through the lens of war-torn environments.