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Crisis Further Highlights Importance of Connected Human Workers Across Industrial World
Connected work and connected worker technology make it possible for humans on the frontlines to perform at their safest, most productive best. As the current global situation clearly indicates, humans will always be essential in manufacturing and production – and they deserve to be supported and empowered by technology. -
Becoming a Robot: Automation Helps Honor Pandemic Affected 2020 Graduates
To bring its graduates their special day of recognition while still maintaining social distancing standards, Arizona State’s Thunderbird School of Global Management partnered with Double Robotics to provide a unique solution -
Functional Safety Culture: What Is a Business Leader's Role?
Business leaders are often disconnected from their company's functional safety posture in reality. Here are some quick tips to help improve safety culture. -
Why Did You Join the ISAGCA? Insights from Our Members (Part 1)
We asked a few of the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance founding members why they decided to join, and their answers were insightful. -
Can You Diagnose Problems in an Industrial System with No Observability?
An experienced engineer compares the process of solving a pipeline problem in his neighborhood with similar situations in industrial settings. -
Shedding Light: A Modeling Agenda to Better Price Cyber Risk
Tom Finan shares his experience with the Dept. of Homeland Security to improve cyber risk modeling and controls. -
Pivoting to Ventilators: Q&A with Kash Behdinan, President of Pointfar Automation (Part 2)
Kash Behdinan, president of Pointfar Automation, talks about Pointfar's ventilator digital twin 3D platform offered to companies building ventilators. -
ODVA General Meeting Focuses on Industrial Digitalization
By Bill Lydon More than 120 industry professionals from more than 50 companies attended to focus on supporting industrial digitalization through the association’s device connectivity technologies, which include the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and the network adaptations of CIP: EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet and CompoNet. -
Pivoting to Ventilators: Q&A with Kash Behdinan, President of Pointfar Automation (Part 1)
We interview Kash Behdinan, president of Pointfar Automation, about his company's efforts to create digital twin models of ventilators. -
Improving Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Through the ISAGCA
From the perspective of a member company, the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance reviews its areas of focus for 2020. -
5 Ideas to Help 'Green' the Automation Industry—and Make Some Green
Organizations can easily improve their corporate image, strengthen business relationships, and cut costs by making a commitment to go green. -
Our Community Is Our Best Defense
The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) reflects on the operational challenges of the COVID-19 crisis in the automation cybersecurity industry. -
Cybersecurity—Why It’s Part of Your Safety Plan
Ineffective ICS cybersecurity risk management can lead to disastrous consequences. Cybersecurity risks are safety risks. -
What Is Functional Safety?
Functional safety requires automatic protection or correction. Every specified safety function must be carried out and meet the set level of performance. -
Companies Ramp Up Production of N95 Masks in Response to COVID-19
Hospitals and medical facilities are experiencing shortages of N95 masks due to COVID-19. Companies are boosting production in unprecedented ways. -
Hannover Preview 2020: Digitalization and Mobility Reach Higher Importance in COVID-19 Environment
By Bill Lydon While the April Hannover Messe event is cancelled, industrial companies remain focused on digital transformation techniques, methods and ideas. -
Download the New Guide to the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standards
The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance's "Quick Start Guide: An Overview of the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards" is now available for download. -
Conquering Manufacturing Bottlenecks with Industrial IoT
While bottlenecks still exist in today’s manufacturing environment, the good news is that the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) is providing new ways to solve them. -
Digitalization: Time for Some Straight Talk in the OT/ICS Community
With digitalization, OT, IT, and wireless communications are intertwining, increasing the complexity of effective cybersecurity and management. -
Demystifying Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
By Louis Columbus To stay competitive, manufacturers must continually reinvent themselves and find new ways to improve—whether by delivering differentiated products, controlling costs, or improving quality.




















