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Leadership In Automation 2011: First Team Honorees
It’s human nature to go with whom you know, but if your project suddenly requires something new, or your vendor’s service has changed for the worse and you’re ready to consider an alternative, you need a short list. Automation World has shied away from the various “choice” awards programs since our founding in 2003. However, curiosity grew during 2010 from...
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The situation is reminiscent of what happened to Windows a decade ago, when hackers began picking apart Microsoft's products. Industrial vendors are basically just 10 years behind the curve on security. It's like we're going back to the '90s. 


 

Terry McCorkle, Information Security Red Team, Boeing, on the increase of reported vulnerabilities in industrial control software.
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