Machine and Process Management – Page 33 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Martin Bauer| Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:53:19 +0000

Today’s manufacturing environment is facing the challenge of rapid acceleration in both the speed-of-business and in the proliferation of new digitized technologies. These trends are impacting all of society and… Read more »

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April 10, 2018 admin

A Year to Celebrate the Programmable Logic Controller!

Credit to Author: Peter Martin| Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:01:08 +0000

This year is the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant inventions in the history of industrial automation. Fifty years ago, our friend Dick Morley introduced the world’s first… Read more »

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April 7, 2018 admin

The ABC’s of emergency stop buttons…a simple concept that can get really complicated.

Credit to Author: Gregory Bouchery| Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:49:32 +0000

The IEC 60947-5-5 & ISO 13-850 which define the specifications of emergency stop buttons are regularly evolving to stay up-to-date with Safety needs. It’s often easy to get lost in… Read more »

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April 7, 2018 admin

Science vs the senses: where predictive analytics and intuition converge

Credit to Author: Greg Johnson| Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:08:46 +0000

“Electrical science has disclosed to us the more intimate relation existing between widely different forces and phenomena and has thus led us to a more complete comprehension of Nature and… Read more »

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April 5, 2018 admin

Disrupt or be disrupted: Innovation for the sake of customers

Credit to Author: Jean-Pascal Tricoire| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 05:00:57 +0000

By 2019, all digitally transformed organizations will generate at least 45% of their revenue from new business models.[1] And as Accenture’s CEO Pierre Nanterme says, “Digital disruption has only just… Read more »

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March 31, 2018 admin

Making the Case for Investing in Industrial Safety

Credit to Author: Steve Elliott| Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:00:45 +0000

In industrial operations, senior managers and company executives generally wish, and are required, to oversee a safe operation. That’s why almost nobody thinks failing to invest in safety is a… Read more »

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March 31, 2018 admin

IEC 62443 Security Assurance Levels Explained

Credit to Author: Daniel Desruisseaux| Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:16:02 +0000

Industrial Control Systems have experienced an exponential increase in cyber-attacks over the last decade. The industry has responded to cybersecurity threats by creating standards to assist end users and equipment… Read more »

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March 31, 2018 admin

Maintenance is not Enough!

Credit to Author: Peter Martin| Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:26:12 +0000

Thankfully, the days of break-fix reactive maintenance are behind us. Over the last 15 years, state-of-the-art industrial maintenance strategies have evolved from being only reactive to preventive to predictive to… Read more »

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