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The 7 Steps to ICS and SCADA Security

The past two years have been a real wakeup call for the industrial automation industry. For the first time ever it has been the target of sophisticated cyber attacks like Stuxnet, Night Dragon and Duqu.

In addition, an unprecedented number of security vulnerabilities have been exposed in industrial control products and regulatory agencies are demanding compliance to complex and confusing regulations. Cyber security has quickly become a serious issue for professionals in the process and critical infrastructure industries.

If you are a process control engineer, an IT professional in a company with an automation division, or a business manager responsible for safety or security, you may be wondering how your organization can get moving on more robust cyber security practices.

In order to provide you with guidance in this area, we have condensed material from numerous industry standards and best practice documents. We also combined our experience in assessing the security of dozens of industrial control systems.

The result is an easy-to-follow 7-step process.

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Intrinsic Safety In a Nutshell

Stumped by hazardous area locations? Not sure when to choose and use intrinsic safety equipment? Intrinsic safety expert David Hohenstein from Pepperl+Fuchs gives you the need-to-know basics in ebook "Intrinsic Safety in a Nutshell".

Intrinsic Safety in a Nutshell covers:

Hazardous areas

Intrinsic safety methods

Zener diode barriers

Isolated barriers

Principles of intrinsic safety

Helpful links throughout the ebook guide the reader to more in-depth content on the Pepperl+Fuchs website. Download your copy of "Intrinsic Safety in a Nutshell" today!

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Introduction to UL Class I Division II

White Paper by LanTech: Nowadays Industrial Ethernet switches and Industrial Ethernet based devices are more suitable for their environments and applications; they are designed to meet the riggers of the task at hand which in some cases includes a harsh environment like Oil, Gas and Mining industry.

Some of the facilities that would utilize equipment that would fall into this application environment would be Oil Refineries, Oil Platforms and Petro-Chemical Plants these types of facilities would have a need to install Industrial Ethernet based switches and devices for process control and monitoring. These types of facilities require devices that are certified to meet the harsh environments they produce.

To continue reading paper by Lantech please click 'Introduction to UL Class I Division II'

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Presentation : Process Control Networks - Secure Architecture Design

A good presentation on 'Defining Secure Process Control Network Architecture'. Download this presentation for detailed reading.

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Availability, Reliability, SIL: What is the difference ?

(Application Note by MTL) We often come across the above terms, and others, when we are talking about equipment and systems. All of them relate in some way to how well something will perform in a particular task; however it is important to use the correct term for the task in hand, otherwise you are likely to end up with the right answer ...but to the wrong question!

To further read this Application Note by MTL Instruments please click 'Availability, Reliability, SIL: What is the difference ?'

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