Resources for Cybersecurity
2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report
- White Paper
Dragos presents an investigation into the financial impact of cyber incidents involving OT assets and provides important estimation of potential future OT cyber breach losses.
O-PAS Conformant Communication Model for IEC 61499 and IEC 61131 Interoperability
- White Paper
Preliminary results show that the communication layer based on OPC UA on a 61499 environment successfully enables integration with other standards.
Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report
- White Paper
Honeywell's 2025 Cyber Threat Report delivers data, insights and context to help you better understand and prepare for potential threats.
Automation.com Monthly May 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the latest issue of the International Society of Automation’s digital magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This is the 10th Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report.
Webinar: Improve Operational Visibility Through Cybersecure Integration of Power and Process Systems
- Webinar
Watch the webinar to explore how automation professionals can improve visibility of industrial operations by integrating power and process systems into one cybersecure control architecture.
Briefing: AI Risks to Critical Infrastructure
- White Paper
This briefing document provides an analysis of the implications and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the context of critical infrastructure (CI) sectors in the United States, with a particular focus on the energy sector.
Automation.com Monthly April 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the April 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly, a publication of the International Society of Automation (ISA).
White Paper: OT Security Insights 2024
- White Paper
A proactive, adaptive approach to OT security is critical to safeguarding against the growing complexity of cyberthreats targeting critical infrastructure systems.
Automation.com Monthly March 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the March 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly, a publication of the International Society of Automation (ISA).
Automation.com Monthly January/February 2025
- Ebook
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the International Society of Automation’s new digital magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This nine-times-a-year periodical combines ISA's InTech and AUTOMATION 2024 magazines.
Webinar: Start Your Own ICS/OT Cybersecurity Roadmap
- Webinar
Most asset owners are hunting for the next rogue device, reacting to the last cyber audit, and continually surprised how another brand-new device was deployed insecurely. In this webinar, we will be sharing lessons learned on how to get out of the ICS/OT cybersecurity rat race and get ahead of the problem!
Automation 2020: Control Systems
- Ebook
In this edition of AUTOMATION 2020, you’ll learn about the promise and reality of control systems that combine such new technologies with the robustness, security, and sophistication needed for industrial applications.
Bill Lydon's Automation & Control Trends Report 2020-2021
- Ebook
Bill Lydon's Automation & Control Trends Report 2020-2021 reports on ten trends shaping the automation, control and instrumentation, and provides lists of related articles for each trend. This annual report is from Automation.com, a subsidiary of ISA--The International Society of Automation.
InTech Focus: Pressure & Temperature 2020
- Ebook InTech Focus
InTech Focus ebooks from ISA focus on the fundamentals of essential automation components. This May 2020 edition covers pressure and temperature instrumentation.
Automation 2020: Industrial Cybersecurity
- Ebook
In this edition of AUTOMATION 2020 from Automation.com, find out how to bolster business resiliency in the face of cyberthreats, how to protect against threats to industrial control systems, the latest on USB port intrusion threats, the next big step in EtherNet/ IP security, and more.
Webinar: Empowering Power for the Digital Age
- Webinar
This webinar explores the need to distribute power to the edge, the rewards of doing so, and how power supply digital architectures are evolving to reduce costs and to empower the Industrial Internet of Things.
Webinar: Securing Industrial Environments With OT Endpoint Management
- Webinar
Join us on May 28th to learn a practical approach to applying many of the same best practice IT principles into the OT environment and hear a real-world example of an operator bringing the appropriate skills, technology and processes to enable similar endpoint risk management to OT as to IT.
IIoT At Work – Planning For The Next Installation
- Webinar
The audience will receive a comprehensive review of the challenges and solutions for the next IIoT deployment.
Automation 2020: IIoT and Smart Manufacturing
- Ebook
Formerly called Advancing Automation, this ebook series includes sponsored and curated articles from a variety of experts on the latest in smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0 topics, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
Open Industry 4.0 Alliance Technical Solution Design Principles
- White Paper
This white paper is focused on helping readers understand in detail the Open Industry 4.0 solution reference architecture framework for interoperability. It provides a dive deep into key design principles of its members defined and supported end to end solutions
InTech Digital Magazine August 2023
- Ebook
Download the August 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine today!
AUTOMATION 2023: 8th Annual Industrial Automation and Control Trends Report (July)
- Ebook
Download Automation.com’s 8th Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report!
InTech Digital Magazine June 2023
- Ebook
Welcome to the June 2023 issue of InTech, focused on automation fundamentals.
White Paper: Zscaler 2023 Ransomware Report Shows a Nearly 40% Increase in Global Ransomware Attacks
- White Paper
The annual ThreatLabz Ransomware Report tracks trends and impacts of ransomware attacks, including encryption-less extortion and growth of ransomware-as-a-service.
Webinar: Secure Building Management
- Webinar
You're invited to listen in as Intel and Fortinet discuss a security-first strategy for smart buildings. Behind the scenes, buildings today operate using several cyber-to-physical systems deployed to keep occupants and owners safe, secure and sustainable.
AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity (March)
- Ebook
Welcome to the March edition of AUTOMATION 2023 focused on cybersecurity and connectivity.
Ebook: OPC UA Users and Experts–Conveying Knowledge and Experience, 7th Edition
- Ebook
In this 7th edition, read about the OPC President and Executive Director's 2023 outlook.
Automation 2022 Volume 4: Cybersecurity & Connectivity
- Ebook
This edition of AUTOMATION 2022: Cybersecurity & Connectivity shows you strategies and solutions for securing OT/ICS infrastructure.
White Paper: Understanding the Impact of Cyberattacks on IoT Devices
- White Paper
Read this report, Impacts of Cyberattacks on IoT Devices, to learn about how modern IoT attacks affect your devices and your network.
The Trillion-Dollar Question for Advanced Industries: How to extract full value from technology?
- White Paper
As data, connectivity, and processing power expand, so do opportunities for industrial companies to extract value through innovative products, services, and business models. This McKinsey study delves further into how technology delivers value to today's industry.
What's the Use of the IIoT?
- White Paper
The IIoT connects devices with the digital world to provide data visibility. But the real value of the IIoT lies in how that data will be used by industry to realize the potential benefi ts of this connectivity.
A Case for an Internet Code of Conduct
- White Paper
Self-regulation or legislation does not stifle innovation at all. It steers the internet in the right direction. It is just an example, albeit a very important example, of market feedback for engineers and innovators to develop the right products.
Extending Connectivity to the Bottom of the Ocean
- White Paper
If you have a ControlLogix PLC being used as the MCS, how can you make use of the OPC UA MDIS spec and bypass the old Modbus integration to the DCS? Softing has developed an OPC UA MDIS compliant server module that inserts into the ControlLogix chassis and creates the OPC UA provides a framework that can be used to represent field devices, for example.
Bridging the IT/OT Divide
- White Paper
Today’s smarter edge devices can streamline integration efforts while providing secure remote access for end users and machine builders, too
A Guide to Customized PROFINET Validation
- White Paper
While serial bus systems will continue to play an important role in the future, solutions based on Industrial Ethernet are becoming increasingly common with Industry 4.0 applications. The focus is less on cable measurements, signal levels or signal shapes, but in the case of standards such as PROFINET, utilization and the greatest possible availability of the networks are the focus of interest.
Industrial IoT Trends: WSN, LPWAN & Cloud Platforms
- White Paper
Wireless sensor networks (WSN), low power wide area networks (LPWAN) and cloud-based platforms are driving growth for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT)
Data Protection Best Practices
- White Paper
Protecting sensitive data created, stored and consumed by sensor-driven Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology and applications is one of the foundations of trustworthy IIoT systems.
InTech Digital Magazine February 2024
- Ebook
Welcome to the February 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.
Webinar: Sparkplug B and OPC UA Over MQTT for Industry 4.0
- Webinar
Interoperability and scalability are key requirements for the implementation of Industry 4.0 application scenarios targeting flexible and resilient production systems.
InTech Digital Magazine December 2023
- Ebook
Welcome to the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
2023 Industrial Automation Professional Salary Survey
- White Paper
Automation.com, a subsidiary of International Society of Automation (ISA), surveyed automation professionals from around the world about their 2022 gross salaries.
InTech Digital Magazine October 2023
- Ebook
Welcome to the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.
White Paper: Zscaler ThreatLabz 2023 Enterprise IoT and OT Threat Report
- White Paper
As IoT devices become more common in industrial and enterprise settings, the risk from IoT-specific malware is increasing dramatically. Cybersecurity leader Zscaler has released a research report that tracks these risks and highlights trends in the IoT malware landscape.
White Paper: Leveraging the Potential of MQTT in Industry 4.0
- White Paper
In this white paper, Sparkplug and OPC UA are compared as MQTT-based solutions according to the requirements of the Industry 4.0 scenarios Plug & Work and Condition Monitoring.
White Paper: Choosing the Right Logic Solver for Safety Instrumented Systems
- White Paper
This white paper offers guidance for safety instrumented system professionals, helping you make informed decisions when selecting a logic solver that suits your safety requirements.
AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity (September)
- Ebook
This September issue of AUTOMATION 2023 covers topics including visibility at scale, enforcing ISA/IEC62443 zones and other tips for securing OT and IIoT networks.
Webinar: Executive Insights Into Manufacturing Cybersecurity
- Webinar
Join us for an online discussion celebrating Manufacturing Day with two prominent thought leaders in the field of industrial cybersecurity.
2024 Industrial Automation Professional Salary Survey
- White Paper
Automation.com, a subsidiary of International Society of Automation (ISA), surveyed automation professionals from around the world about their 2023-2024 gross salaries.
InTech Digital Magazine October 2024
- Ebook
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.
AUTOMATION 2024: 1st Annual OT Cybersecurity Trends Report
- Ebook
This first annual OT Cybersecurity Trends issue from Automation.com provides a window into the challenges to and available resources for industrial control and automation system cybersecurity.
White Paper: Zscaler's 2024 Ransomware Report
- White Paper
The report uncovered a record-breaking ransomware payment–nearly double the highest publicly known ransomware payout.
AUTOMATION 2024: 9th Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report
- Ebook
Our 9th annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report gathers insights from Editor Emeritus Bill Lydon and others to show how real-time digital manufacturing is becoming a thing of the present, not just the future.
White Paper: IIoT System Implementation and Certification Based on ISA/IEC 62443 Standards
- White Paper
This report explores the use of the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) that include cloud-based functionality (i.e., industrial internet of things (IIoT)).
Webinar: DCS Migration - How to Secure Management Buy-in
- Webinar
If you are facing increased unplanned downtime, higher maintenance costs and cybersecurity threats, your plant may be in need of an upgrade to its distributed control system.
White Paper: Wireless Deployment Challenges in Construction - A 5G Strategy
- White Paper
This whitepaper explores deploying wireless communication networks within construction projects and introduces a comparison approach to assess deployment difficulty at each project phase.
InTech Digital Magazine April 2024
- Ebook
Welcome to the April 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.
InTech Digital Magazine October 2022
- Ebook
Download the October 2022 issue of InTech Digital Magazine.
White Paper: Preventing Cyber Attacks in Industrial Manufacturing
- White Paper
With increasingly interconnected systems and exponentially growing quantities of data, industrial operations must consider not if a cyber attack will occur, but how to respond when it does.
Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report 2022
- Ebook
In Bill Lydon's 7th annual trends report, he discusses the manufacturing industry's tipping point that's providing the opportunity to pull ahead of competitors with digital transformation enabled by many ideas and technologies.
InTech Digital Magazine August 2022
- Ebook
Brought to you by ISA’s Smart Manufacturing & IIoT Technical Division, this Special Edition of InTech Magazine highlights Industry 4.0 and the Smart Factory.
Ebook: OPC UA Users and Experts–Conveying Knowledge and Experience, 6th Edition
- Ebook
In this 6th edition, Miele shows how OPC UA optimizes appliance production.
Webinar: Engineering Solutions for OT Cybersecurity
- Webinar
In this webinar, we dig into engineering solutions to industrial control system cyber risk, especially the emerging field of network engineering: designing networks to eliminate entirely the most important classes of cyber-attacks.
Automation 2022 Volume 2: Cybersecurity & Connectivity
- Ebook
It's easy to get overwhelmed by all that is becoming available to upgrade tools and components, gather and analyze data, and otherwise optimize a facility. This ebook focuses on seemingly small changes that can lead to big results.
Webinar: 12 Months of Cyber Attacks—Lessons, Trends and Predictions
- Webinar
Waterfall and ICSStrive are cooperating to analyze industrial cybersecurity incidents compiled in the new ICSStrive OT incident repository. Join us to look at what lessons, trends and predictions can be drawn from a year of attacks and consequences
Webinar: Cybersecurity for Industrial Systems- A Roundtable Series
- Webinar
This four-session series will discuss several topics essential to industrial cybersecurity, including defense-in-depth and zero-trust strategies, as well as protection from ransomware and persistent threats.
White Paper: The How and Why of Operational Network Standardization
- White Paper
This white paper covers the criteria to make an informed decision and shows how Cisco helped one manufacturer standardize its operational network in factories across the globe.