One of the conferences for the power and chemical processing industries is the ConnectedPlant conference. The focus is on the technologies and solutions focused on improving plant operations. Some of the technologies explored included artificial intelligence (AI),...
The SANS Institute provides information security training and security certification for security professionals. They hold an ICS (Industrial Control System) Security Summit each year. At the 2019 ICS Security Summit, Emerson's David Foose presented Practical...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee provided an update on the cyber threats facing manufacturers and producers. Emerson and Dragos yesterday announced an agreement, Emerson Selects Dragos to Collaborate on Cybersecurity Protection for...
Maintaining robust defenses from cyber-attacks is a priority for manufacturers. They rely on their automation suppliers to provide security-hardened technologies and cybersecurity services to help defend against new attacks and maintain resiliency and robustness over...
Emerson's Nick Janouskovec shared his practical tips for attaining and managing Ovation system security at the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference. With so many different standards, regulations, technologies and approaches to cybersecurity, it can be challenging to...
At the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference, Emerson's Jose Pablo Bonilla and Levi Crosier described the different components of the Power and Water Cybersecurity Suite (PWCS). This presentation included providing users with guidance for configuring their systems,...
At the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference, Emerson's David Foose shared examples of bad practices in securing control systems. Dave opened describing how the focus on control system security over the past decade has changed from bothersome to imperative. The five...
Power, water and wastewater utilities are critical infrastructure, and require ongoing industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity risk reduction efforts. Taking a systematic and integrated approach to ICS cybersecurity can help with safe, reliable and efficient...
One only has to do a cybersecurity news search to see the increasing worries and incidents that manufacturers face. The ISA/IEC 62443 series of cybersecurity standards: …address the need to design cybersecurity robustness and resilience into industrial automation...
This week, the ConnectedPlant conference is being held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference is focused for professionals in the chemicals and power industries who are leading digital transformations in their organizations. The focus includes: …actionable...
A digital transformation is well underway with many manufacturers striving to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, emissions and/or throughput. The Industrial Internet of Things is making it possible to monitor more areas of the production operations than was...
EnergySec is a consortium with the mission, "…to support energy sector organizations with the security of their critical technology infrastructures." Their EnergySec Summit 2017 is happening this week. The focus of this conference is: Defining and developing...
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