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News
 | May 15, 2013

Cyber Security Continuous Improvement: Do Something

Industrial cyber security concerns and tactics were woven throughout The Automation Conference 2013.
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Eric Byres, Tofino Security Products
News
 | May 14, 2013

Air Gaps Won’t Protect Your Operations

Good luck isolating your operations network from outside elements. The idea that you can is a myth, since people will always find other ways to get data to where they need it.
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Cybersecurity Dashboards
Blog Post | May 8, 2013

Trend Watch: Cybersecurity Dashboards

Southern Company’s approach to NERC CIP compliance holds lessons for the manufacturing and processing industries as cybersecurity becomes a business imperative.
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Feature Article
 | May 6, 2013

The Ethernet Security Issue

One downside of Ethernet—be it wired or wireless—is that it’s vulnerable to attacks, viruses and other maladies.
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The Human-Automation Intersection
News
 | April 25, 2013

The Human-Automation Intersection

A developing trend among a number of automation interface hardware and software suppliers is to focus more on the operator experience.
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Feature Article
 | March 26, 2013

Key Security Resources

Though following practical advice from technology suppliers is a key aspect of securing your operations, so too is learning all you can about the industrial cyber security issue.
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Feature Article
 | March 26, 2013

An Education In Cyber Security

For many in manufacturing, the age of cyber-innocence ended with Stuxnet. Since then there has been steady progress on the industrial cyber security front.
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Column
 | March 13, 2013

Cyber Security – Product or Service?

PLCs and RTUs can be vulnerable to hackers, but producers can protect their assets with due diligence.
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President Obama on Cyber Security
News
 | February 14, 2013

Executive Order on Cyber Security, Smart but Too Vague

President Obama’s executive order aims to facilitate information sharing on cyber security issues for critical infrastructure dependent on industrial control systems.
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Cyber Security Spreads
Blog Post | January 30, 2013

Cyber Security Spreads

Following years of discussion around the critical need for improved cyber security across industry, it appears as if the movement is starting to snowball, as evidenced by the greater involvement of the embedded, control system patch management and safety sectors.
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Blog Post | January 24, 2013

Power Plant Off-Line Three Weeks Due to Malware

I just got off the phone with Joe Weiss, noted control system cybersecurity consultant. He was filled with information, as always.
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Blog Post | November 21, 2012

Cybersecurity Solution Verified for 800xA

Automation Systems Manager Monitor solution tested and verified for 800xA distributed control systems.
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Industrial Security Differences
News
 | November 1, 2012

Security: The Difference Between IT and Industrial Control

While some computer security processes are far reaching in terms of their use across industries and applications, industrial control systems require additional precautions.
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Blog Post | August 20, 2012

Top Five Presentations at The Automation Conference

Plant security, Industrial Ethernet Protocol speeds, rapid robotic changeover in food plants and SCADA migration projects were just some of the topics covered at The Automation Conference held in Chicago last May.
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UL | The Automation Conference 2012
 Video | August 1, 2012

UL | The Automation Conference 2012

A look at the UL products/services on display at The Automation Conference 2012.
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