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Security

Cyber Security – Product or Service?

Large-scale networking for monitoring and control has resulted in significant productivity and quality improvements in process and manufacturing operations. But, complex networking brings vulnerabilities that can be exploited, causing malfunctions, production delays, safety issues, equipment damage and major loss of revenues. Most automation products and...

Latest Security News

May 15, 2013

Cyber Security Continuous Improvement: Do Something

May 14, 2013

Air Gaps Won’t Protect Your Operations

April 25, 2013

The Human-Automation Intersection

April 15, 2013

Technology Makes Human Body a Secure Communications Channel

February 27, 2013

Embedded Firewall

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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.

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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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.

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.

Microchip’s BodyCom technology

News

| April 15, 2013

Technology Makes Human Body a Secure Communications Channel

BodyCom technology can make the human body a secure, low-power method for short-range wireless communication, eliminating the need for costly RF antennae and batteries for low-data-rate applications,

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.

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.

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.

Embedded Firewall

News

| February 27, 2013

Embedded Firewall

The Floodgate Defender firewall is designed to provide security for any device connected to the Internet.

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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News

| February 4, 2013

Cyber Security: Yokogawa Electric Partners with McAfee

Security-focused partnership focuses on addressing wireless and mobile concerns in the process industries.

Perspective

| January 23, 2013

Security: How IT and Industrial Control Differ

When your “nail” is computer system security, the “hammer” is often commercial IT security measures.

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.

News

| September 28, 2012

SCADA: Telvent's Corporate Network Hacked

SCADA software maker, Telvent Canada, Ltd, a subsidiary of Schneider-Electric, confirms that its corporate network was compromised and files used by customers were also accessed.

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Feature Article

| September 7, 2012

Not Just Vapor, The Cloud Is Real And Can Be Secure

“Cloud” is an unfortunate choice of words for the type of computing growing popular today—one where data and applications are stored somewhere away from the local computer, but in a place that is very

News

| September 4, 2012

Industrial Security: Network Tunneling Appliance Certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2

Wireless technology is designed to secure network communication for smart grid, watershed management and other remote industrial devices.

News

| June 26, 2012

Industrial Defender Expands Services Through Acquisition of Fandotech LLC

New backup and disaster recovery services from Industrial Defender are enabled by the announced acquisition of Fandotech LLC.

News

| June 5, 2012

Factory and Plant Automation Come Together at The Automation Conference

The Automation Conference (TAC 2012), the first of a planned annual event hosted by Summit Media and its Automation World, Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging magazines, made its successful debut

Perspective

| June 4, 2012

Industries On—and Off—the Cutting Edge of Cyber Security

Though the manufacturing and production industries may just now be truly waking up to the control system security issue, some industries are clearly further ahead of the game than others.

Siemens CP343 part of network security enhancements

News

| May 31, 2012

Siemens Releases Network Security Enhancements

Siemens continued push into manufacturing information technology (IT) space revealed in new integrated security functions.

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