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Automation.com, November 2011 By Eric Byres, Byres Security Inc. On one hand, industry is becoming increasingly concerned about just how vulnerable control systems have become to outside attacks. At the same time, new tools and applications that improve efficiency, but increase that exposure, are appearing daily. So must we sacrifice these gains in efficiency if we want to be secure?

The distinction between PLCs and distributed control systems is narrowing, but their combined market in Europe will hit €6.45 billion in 2017.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Roy Kok In the terms of Automation, a crisis can be characterized as a loss of production (downtime), possibly of a simple piece of equipment, or it can be extensive, affecting major portions of the plant. Are we giving enough focus to the right areas, not focusing on the level of a "worst case scenario" type of crisis?

Automation.com, November 2011 By Rick Kaun, Honeywell Process Solutions Security is thought of as physical protection against intrusion or the detection of hackers when, in fact, little thought is given to the security threats that exist inside the fences of any given facility.

Festo Energy Saving Services can help to monitor and optimize compressed air consumption.

Web site covers data acquisition, signal conditioning and data communication products for industrial applications.

Rockwell will provide engineering and design work necessary to commercialize Vadxx’s proprietary processes for making synthetic crude oil.

ARC says governments continue to enact new regulations to protect public health and safety. This requires better product quality, risk, and compliance (QRC) management systems.

MAVERICK Technologies, the largest control systems integrator in North America, is now a Strategic Alliance Partner with Schneider Electric.

Louisiana-based Reliability Point provides thermal imaging and services to industrial manufacturers in the Gulf Coast region and Southeastern United States.