Cyber-Security

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Feature Article
 | May 5, 2012

Security Appliance Protects Against USB-Stick-Delivered Malware

Officials at a water plant in U.S. Midwest recently got alarmed when a maintenance technician traveling in Russia innocently ran remote diagnostics on the plant back in the U.S.
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Case Application
 | May 3, 2012

Network Security Matures

From oil platforms to auto parts manufacturing, the how-to of industrial network protection is improving in this post-Stuxnet world.
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Feature Article
 | May 2, 2012

Securing Personnel Remains Critical

No matter how sophisticated technology gets, security will always have a human element.
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Conference Lineup is Set
News
 | April 12, 2012

Industry Leaders To Take the Stage at The Automation Conference

Summit Media Group’s newest event – developed for users of industrial automation technology – takes place May 22-23 in suburban Chicago and will include a first-of-its-kind panel discussion on Etherne
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Feature Article
 | March 31, 2012

The Stuxnet Effect on Cyber Security

Nearly two years after the revelation that a computer worm had been deliberately created to target industrial systems, Automation World checks in with industrial cyber security experts to see how much
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Feature Article
 | March 31, 2012

ICS Cyber Security: Where to Start

If you’re working at or operating a facility where little has been done to implement an effective cyber security plan for the industrial control system (ICS), it’s definitely time to start putting ser
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Urso on Innovation
Perspective
 | January 27, 2012

Innovation Expectations: Universal I/O, Security, Integration

Honeywell Process Solutions Chief Technology Officer Jason Urso offers his take on three areas of automation technology in which he expects to see significant levels of automation in the coming years.
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Average rank order of following six security priorities.
Tech Abstract
 | January 23, 2012

State of IT Security – A Study of Utilities and Energy Companies

NEW! Starting in 2012, the AW staff will provide "snippets" of white papers, technical research or surveys in the automation space.
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Perspective
 | January 4, 2012

Top Ten Articles in 2011

See what resonated with Automation World readers in 2011!
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White Paper | December 21, 2011

White Paper: IT Security - Study of Utilities and Energy Companies

Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the results of State of IT Security: Study of Utilities & Energy Companies. Sponsored by Q1 Labs, the purpose of this research is to better understand how organizations determine their state of readiness to a plethora of information security and data protection risks – including those emerging from SCADA networks and smart grid communications.
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Managing Security Survey
News
 | December 14, 2011

Balancing Security, Compliance and Operational Management

Disappearing air gaps and growing network connectivity increase the burden of managing security, compliance and operations, according to Industrial Defender’s global survey of critical infrastructure
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Blog entry | July 14, 2011

Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Conference

Joe Weiss was a great source and inspiration for my article Securing the U.S. Power Grid from Cyber Attack. I told him to send me early information about his annual ICS Cyber Security Conference. Here is the info. Mark the date if you are at all touched by cyber security. (By the way, ICS--industrial control systems.)
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NitroSecurity's NitroView
News
 | June 9, 2011

Emerson, NitroSecurity Partner for Power Utility Cyber Security and Compliance

Control system and security software vendors team up to help ensure the security of power generators worldwide.
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Product
 | June 1, 2011

SCADA Cyber Security

zONeGUARD, an addition to the company’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) telemetry product line, is a security solution for industrial communication networks that ensures both data enc
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News
 | April 1, 2011

New ISA99 Task Group Targets Cyber Threat Gaps

In the wake of Stuxnet, the new group will aim to identify what, if any, changes are needed in the ISA99 cyber-security standards to protect industrial control systems against such sophisticated attac
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