TOM BURKE

OPC UA Builds In Security Functions

Tom Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, explains the comprehensive, yet configurable, security architecture that is built into the base set of services for the new OPC Unified Architecture specification...

Welcome to the November 2006 edition of OPConnect, the official newsletter of the OPC Foundation. In this issue, I discuss the importance of system security, and how we’ve added security functionality to the OPC UA specification.

In the early days of OPC development, the OPC Foundation and its members neglected to address security. We were under the illusion that the operating system security would be sufficient for many of the OPC-based solutions that were being deployed. When we finally realized that the operating system security - or lack thereof - was insufficient for even the control system, it was already too late...Read more

Power Company Tunnels Data to SQL Databases - Engineers at a major North American power generation company chose the OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems to tunnel data across the network and into two SQL databases... Read more

The Power of SCADA - iPower, a SCADA system developed specifically for the electricity industry, leverages GE Fanuc’s Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX and Proficy Historian for a unique approach to the needs of rural co-ops for high-quality, yet affordable automation and control... Read more

OPC Enables System Integrator Success - Since founding his company, Russ Ropken has relied on OPC technology from Software Toolbox to provide interoperable connectivity in a variety of applications. His advice - insist on compliance testing... Read more

Generating Station Uses OPC to Automate Processes - Santee Cooper’s Rainey Generating Station chose OPC solutions from MatrikonOPC to gain a step change in efficiency and meet the 98 percent uptime emissions reporting requirements... Read more

OEM “Blends” Well with OPC - Blending equipment supplier CRG Logics uses OPC servers from Kepware to handle connectivity needs to PLC data, regardless of the brand of PLC... Read more

Developer Program a Million-Dollar Success - OPC users flock to Cyberlogic’s developer program, signing up for more than $1.5 million of free OPC servers... Read more

Collaboration Makes OPC Partnership a Success - ExperTune and Canary Labs leverage OPC standards for data access and historical data access, to bring the new Performance Supervision System to market more quickly... Read more

ABB Supports OPC UA in System 800xA - The new OPC UA standard works with the object management infrastructure of ABBıs System 800xA Extended Automation system to enhance third-party solution integration... Read more

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