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  • Cybersecurity: Where Does the Reasoning Begin?

    Cybersecurity: Where Does the Reasoning Begin?

    Usually during cybersecurity presentations, the speakers talk about serious consequences of cyber security and then overwhelm people, who are not familiar with the topic, with deep levels of details and intricacies. This one answers a simple question: Where does the reasoning begin?
    By: Bill Lydon
    22 July, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • HCC Embedded announces acquisition of InterNiche Technologies

    HCC provides data storage and communications software solutions that keep IoT data secure, encrypted, reliable, and fast. InterNiche is known for its Internet protocol software and networking expertise, specifically targeting connected device implementations.
    21 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ISA publishes second edition Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles

    The title of the second edition—Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles: Protecting the Critical Infrastructure—was expanded and updated to reflect the latest advances in industrial automation and control system (IACS) security.
    21 July, 2016 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • ICS Networks: Three Major Security Pitfalls

    By Barak Perelman, Indegy The emergence of cyber-threats is forcing industrial sectors to take a long, hard look at how they protect their control systems. This article discusses how best to ensure that your ICS networks remain secure.
    20 July, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • aeSolutions' aeShield selected by BP for CASIS monitoring

    BP has selected aeShield to assist asset personnel in monitoring Control, Alarm and Safety Instrumented Systems (CASIS) performance for all upstream oil & gas assets
    19 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Sercos announces 2nd Machine Communication Forum

    The event will take place in the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg on October 13, 2016 from 9 am to 4.30 pm. Various presentations will be given under the theme “Industry 4.0 from Various Perspectives”
    18 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • What if we automated ISA’s Automation Standards?

    By Tom Finan, Ark Network Security Solutions What’s needed is a method to accelerate compliance with ISA’s automation standards, one that ensures that achieved compliance actually enhances an entity’s security posture. Imagine if organizations could obtain automated, continuous, and real-time awareness about whether their chosen control solutions are working and making them safer.
    18 July, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Should Robots Be Outfitted with Self-Defense?

    By Rick Delgado, Freelance Technology Commentator As robots become more prevalent and capable, they’ll likely require bigger investments from organizations seeking to utilize them. Could that lead to robots being equipped with self-defense capabilities?
    15 July, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • EtherCAT Technology Group releases version 2.0 of Conformance Test Tool

    The EtherCAT Conformance Test Tool, or CTT, is the official reference tool for specifying compliant implementation of EtherCAT technology into EtherCAT slaves. The CTT enables the hundreds of EtherCAT device manufacturers to ensure reliable interoperability in the field.
    14 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ISA announces MAVERICK recognized as 2016 50 Best Companies to Watch

    The Silicon Review selected MAVERICK for this honor based on its revenue growth, creativity in innovation, customer reviews and domain influence.
    14 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Open Process Control Architecture Standard is the Rallying Cry at ExxonMobil's Industry Day

    Open Process Control Architecture Standard is the Rallying Cry at ExxonMobil's Industry Day

    A major driver for the effort for open process control standards, has been the widespread call for accelerative automation technology, along with an ecosystem of suppliers that can leverage the latest technology.
    14 July, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Are You Prepared for Industry 4.0?

    By Cisco Find out how Cisco’s communication infrastructure benefits Industry 4.0 developments and expands the options for enterprises looking to build a reliable, stable, scalable, safe and powerful end-to-end communication network.
    13 July, 2016 | 6 minutes
  • Bayshore Networks announces strategic alliance with PTS Data Center Solutions

    The two companies are going to market with a bundled cybersecurity solution for Data Centers. PTS DCS is offering the secure Bayshore IT/OT Gateway software product as part of its cyber threat protection services for data center industrial controls.
    11 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • VDMA Machine Vision and OPC Foundation to prepare OPC UA Machine Vision Specification

    VDMA Machine Vision and the OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the preparation of an OPC UA Machine Vision Companion Specification. The group will create a companion specification which will enable camera vision systems to be securely connected to controllers
    11 July, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Commercial Building Automation Market Fuelled by uptake of technologies such as sensing, embedded computing, and communications

    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.
    11 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Cybersecurity: 10 Factors for Business Leaders to Consider

    By Marc Petock, Lynxspring Talk about cyber security these days often focuses on technology. As with many things, there are multiple sides that should be discussed. When it comes to cyber security, the business side may be most crucial.
    08 July, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Automation Federation releases LOGIIC cybersecurity report

    The Linking Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cybersecurity (LOGIIC) report outlines technical and security considerations when evaluating and selecting Real Time Data Transfer (RTDT) solutions for industrial automation and control system environments
    07 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Westermo's SCADA control system connects railway stations in Croatia

    The project involved implementing a SCADA remote control system to connect railway stations, sectioning facilities and substations on the Moravice-Rijeka-Šapjane, and Škrljevo-Bakar lines in the far north-west of the country with the Remote Control Centre in Rijeka.
    07 July, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Cimphoni announces Dr. Sania Irwin as Chief Innovation Officer

    Dr Irwin has experience in creating products and solutions for the wireless market, in the space of IoT, applications, experience management, self-organizing networks and location awareness.
    05 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • How to Improve Industrial Automation Security

    Current state of industrial automation system security plus the technological and organizational challenges of improving it.
    By: Contributing Authors
    04 July, 2016 | 10 minutes
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