Emerson's Bob Huba shared some things to think about in his Emerson Exchange Stuttgart presentation, Implementing a Control System Security Program Using a Familiar Plant Model. His abstract:Developing a security program for your control system can be frustrating as...
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Power Generation Seminar and Technology Fair
For readers based in the U.K. or with travel plans that brings you there next week, I wanted to highlight an Emerson Power Generation Seminar & Technology Fair taking place next week. The first session will be October 22 in Glasgow and the second one will be...
Implementing a DeltaV Security Program Using a Familiar Plant Model
Cybersecurity remains a key concern for process manufacturers. Emerson's Bob Huba presented, Implementing a DeltaV Security Program Using a Familiar Plant Model, to kick off the Tuesday workshops here at the Emerson Exchange Americas conference. His abstract:Figuring...
Monitoring Plant Asset and Automation System Health
As process manufacturers lose experienced automation professionals to retirement and/or turnover, the need to maintain reliable operations remains. Emerson's Tinh Phan provides a look at system health monitoring from the field devices, through the asset and control...
Hazards of Single Method of Cyber-Security Defense
Over at the Tofino blog is a post, SCADA Security: A Call-out to Control Engineers about Air Gaps, which every process automation professional should read. Eric Byres opens the post: Last week I discussed how security experts and ICS / SCADA vendors are giving up on...
Start with an Integrated Automation Master Plan
An Emerson Exchange 365 post pointed me to an article, Weathering the perfect storm, written by Emerson's Doug Johnson for World Water magazine. The article's synopsis: Advanced automation technologies can help reduce operational costs, improve efficiency, comply with...
Securing Ovation Systems per NERC CIP Standards
In the Emerson Exchange 365 community, I saw a post announcing a February 16-17, 2012 Regional Technical Forum for Ovation system users. I got my hands on a few of the presentations, which I hope to share with you over the next few weeks. Emerson's Mike DeKlavon, a...
Cyber Security for Water and Wastewater Facilities
At the Water Environment Federation's upcoming Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2011), October 15-19 in Los Angeles, Emerson's Doug Johnson will share his thoughts on water and wastewater infrastructure funding, master automation planning, energy...
Communications to Mitigate Security Risks from Within
Security has always been a vexing problem for us. Back in earlier times, great castles and walls were built to keep out unfriendly types. Technologies and tactics such as catapults came along to reduce the effectiveness of these defenses. What prompted this thought...
Cyber Security Critical Infrastructure Protection Compliance
Cyber security remains in the forefront of worries for most process manufacturers and electrical power producers. When I saw this news, NitroSecurity and Emerson Deliver Advanced Control System Security and Compliance Automation in my Twitter stream, I checked in with...
Simplifying Control System Cyber Security
In a recent Industrial Safety and Security Source blog post, Emerson CTO: Keep Security Simple, Peter Zornio shared his thoughts on trends in the safety and cyber security for process manufacturers. In the interview, Peter was asked about the uneasy relationship...
Security across the Control System Lifecycle
Over at the Tofino Security blog is a post, PLC Security Risk: Controller Operating Systems. A question was posed to the blog's author: How could a hacker possibly attack an industrial controller like a PLC or SIS, since there is no operating system in these devices?...
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