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Absolute Logic/CyberGuard 360’s Al Alper to hold Cybersecurity Continuing Ed class for the NYSSCPA
Alper’s July 18 presentation, entitled “Cybersecurity: Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Keep You S.A.F.E.,” will focus on the growing trend of cybercrime, threats specific to CPA firms, and what firms should be doing to avoid becoming a cyber victim. -
For Many, Insiders Pose the Biggest Threat to Industrial Security
By Michael Rothschild, Indegy IT security has been a concern for the better part of three decades. OT security, however, is relatively new simply because operational environments were never connected to the outside world and vulnerable to threats as they are today. -
Fiber Optic Center announces FOC 10-4 campaign to support #5MillionSteps
With a goal of 5 million steps between the Appalachian Trail and New England Mountain Hikes, a mission called #5MillionSteps for kids fighting cancer plans to raise one dollar for each step and a total of $5 million dollars to help fund promising childhood cancer research initiatives. -
The Open Group announces The Open Group Houston 2018 event
The Open Group Houston 2018 - Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry - will bring together vendors and end user organizations to discuss the development of standards-based and interoperable architecture, with a particular focus on technical and business issues for process automation. -
Kaspersky Survey: 3/4 of respondents concerned about ICS cybersecurity incident
To gain a better understanding of the issues and opportunities faced by ICS organizations today, Kaspersky Lab and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC – a CXP Group Company) conducted a survey of 320 global professionals with decision-making power on OT/ICS cybersecurity from 25 countries across the globe from April – May 2018. -
Who Will Set Future Industrial Automation Standards?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The ability to enhance industrial and process automation efficiency, through the application real-time enterprise computing, cloud applications, and IoT devices. While such investments can be a gamble, the cards are laying in the automation industry’s favor. -
Womaster releases Bypass Technology explainer video
For the bypass demo, Layer 2 Managed M12 PoE switch MP310 and Layer 3 Managed M12 PoE switch MP614 were deployed in topology simulating onboard train network linear topology in train cars and train driver cabin. -
Integration Objects releases OPC UA Client Toolkit
Integration Objects’ OPC UA .NET Client toolkit is a collection of libraries, classes and interfaces that allows programming of OPC UA Client applications using .NET framework -
WERMA releases 'Signal Technology for Industry' guide
After a general introduction to the subject the reader is then given a detailed overview of the technicalities and functions of industrial signal devices. A detailed explanation of the different types of signals and their meaning together with the difference between the optical and audible signal devices is given. -
Industrial Internet Consortium releases 8th edition of Journal of Innovation
The Journal of Innovation highlights the ideas, approaches, products and services emerging within the industrial internet such as IoT and digital transformation, AI, smart cities, the smart factory and edge computing -
Need to Speed Up OPC UA Development? Use a Framework
By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Cloud Systems SDKs tend to be collections of reference implementations, wrappers, helper classes, and sample applications aimed at giving you a head-start for building your UA app. Developers with experience in OPC UA find these tools indispensable. The problem is, in the end, they still need to build it. -
VDMA releases OPC UA companion specifications for robotics and machine vision
The OPC UA Vision companion specification is now available free of charge as VDMA Specification number 40100 (as release candidate version). The OPC UA Robotics companion specification is now available free of charge as VDMA Specification number 40010 (as draft version). -
Engage in Important ISA Activities, Events and Opportunities During the Summer
Focus on upcoming events and training opportunities, governance activities, and ISA's extensive cybersecurity training programs and resources. -
Safe and Sound: Is your smart factory secure?
Obtaining clear guidance for securing your smart factory isn’t easy to come by. This article discusses smart factory security and what manufacturers should consider when protecting their facility. -
Claroty and Siemens announce strategic partnership for cybersecurity
Siemens, through its global venture firm Next47, also invested in Claroty, joining a global syndicate of industrial organizations that invested $60 million in the company’s Series B round, bringing the company’s total investment to date to $93 million. -
SAP and Endress+Hauser to cooperate to develop IIoT applications for the process industry
The goal is to fully integrate the Endress+Hauser field instruments as digital twins into the SAP cloud platform. Both companies want to take advantage of the services and smart apps from SAP’s Leonardo system as well as Endress+Hauser’s IIoT offering. -
Next-Gen Industrial Communications As a Tool to Solve Networking Problems
By Benson Hougland, Opto 22 Traditional industrial networking methods have proved workable but difficult to implement. The next generation of communication technologies may work to ease implementation while addressing security concerns. -
Honeywell earns ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) Level 2 certification for ControlEdge Remote Terminal Unit
The certification recognizes the cyber security features of the ControlEdge RTU, which is used for remote automation and control applications such as wellhead monitoring in the oil and gas industry -
What Is the Value of Standards-Based Cybersecurity Conformity Assessments for Industrial Automation and Control Systems?
The industrial automation and control system (IACS) community must recognize the value of the ISA/IEC 62443 IACS family of cybersecurity standards. -
Werum IT Solutions announces strategic partnership with Nymi to develop authentication solutions
The Nymi Band is a multi-factor biometrically authenticated wearable that is worn by shop floor workers to perform day-to-day authentication tasks, such as digital signatures within an MES.
