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CISCO Live 2016: Disruption, Data Communications to Drive Industrial Success
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Attending Cisco Live 2016, it is clearer than ever that to be successful, industry needs to leverage the power of IIoT technology. Specifically, investment in a strong data communications infrastructure is essential to craft a winning organizational growth strategy. -
Why Lack of Visibility into Manufacturing Operations is a Security Problem
By Barak Perelman, Indegy Monitoring industrial networks in the manufacturing sector poses unique challenges. The emergence of ICS-native monitoring and control technologies is addressing these challenges. -
Automating IT Compliance Audits
By Dean Wiech, Tools4ever Having the proper controls in place at the front end of the process can make audit reporting relatively painless. IM and AG systems are designed to automate the user account lifecycle, all the while ensuring that the access provided to users is appropriate -
Prediktor's Apis software used by Statoil as OPC UA gateway
The overall objective of the delivery is to provide a standardized and unified way of accessing operational data from different assets via enterprise systems - not only standardized on protocol, but also standardized on data semantics. -
Kepware announces participation in oil & gas cybersecurity research project
The Real-Time Data Transfer Project (RTDT) report highlights vital factors that should be considered when implementing an RTDT solution in the oil and gas sector. -
Manufacturing Competitiveness Requires Awareness
By Bill Lydon, Editor The fall of 2016 presents a great opportunity for manufacturing teams to learn about the latest automation and related manufacturing technologies. Here, Bill discusses September's giant manufacturing technology event in Chicago -
PI North America concludes first PROFINET Plugfest
Thirty-five engineers from thirteen companies brought six controllers and thirty I/O devices to the plugfest. Participating companies included Balluff, Cisco, Hilscher, Innovasic, Molex, Mynah, Phoenix Contact, ProSoft, Siemens, Teledyne DALSA, TR Electronic, Turck, Yaskawa, and Lapp USA. -
aeSolutions and ISA develop Cybersecurity Training and Certificate program
The program is designed to help professionals involved in industrial IT and industrial control systems improve their understanding of, and acquire a command of the principles covered in, the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards. -
Beckhoff to highlight IIoT hardware and software tools at IMTS
Visitors to booth E-4410 will have the opportunity to use their own smartphones and interact with PC-based control demos – including the ability to connect to an entire wall of IoT-enabled devices and a 6-axis robot arm using any mobile device with a web browser. -
Event-Triggered Control Design of Linear Networked Systems with Quantizations
Technical focus on the control design problem of event-triggered networked systems with both state and control input quantizations. -
Bill’s Deep Dive: Siemens MindSphere Cloud Leverages OPC UA
By Bill Lydon, Editor Siemens’ MindSphere, a cloud offering that links physical products and production facilities with digital data, and which leverages OPC UA, was a major feature at the 2016 Siemens Automation Summit. -
Eight Tips to Optimize Your Industrial Wireless Network
By Moxa An effective communication infrastructure can make it possible for industrial equipment to deliver high levels of reliability, availability, and maintainability, thereby reducing operational and support costs, and minimizing capital investments. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles
The second edition of Industrial Automation & Control System Security Principles offers the latest approaches to industrial automation security. -
Honeywell IoT Analytics Efforts Showing Strong Focus on Security and Efficiency
By Bill Lydon, Editor Data integrity, protection and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) were the themes at the heart of Honeywell Process Solutions’ IoT analytics presentations and product introductions at the HUG 2016 conference. -
Automation Federation welcomes SANS Institute as its seventh working group
In adding SANS as one of its working groups, the Automation Federation takes a step forward in broadening awareness around the need to integrate both operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) perspectives and expertise in safeguarding IACS from cyberattack. -
AAES receives top ASAE Honors for its Engineering Competency Model
Funded by a grant from the United Engineering Foundation, the model was developed by AAES in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and AAES subject matter experts from education, industry, and private practice. -
OT Security Management and its Importance in the Manufacturing Industry
By Eli Mahal, NextNine Monitoring equipment and taking informed decisions is easier through IIoT and the remediation of technical problems and predictive maintenance is more efficient through remote access. -
Commercial Building Automation Exhibits Feature like More Advanced Security with energy Efficeincy
Commercial building automation systems market is undergoing a rapid transformation after years of moderate growth. Various initiatives by several governments encouraging green buildings presents ample opportunities for the market to grow smoothly. -
The Benefits of ICS Network Monitoring Throughout the Entire Industrial Control System’s Lifecycle
By Preston Futrell, NexDefense ICS network monitoring can help maintain the reliability of mission critical equipment. It does so by providing real-time visibility of misconfigurations, remote connections operating improperly and incorrect commands unintentionally introduced by simple human error. -
ProSoft Connect demonstrates the benefits of a Container and Microservices cloud architecture
By Keith Blodorn, ProSoft Technology This paper describes the Container and Microservices architecture and illustrates how ProSoft customers benefit from it.
