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The ease with which TCP/IP enables one to connect networks has been a huge boon for the power generation industry. Far-flung operations can be hooked up to the network and controlled remotely. And ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a true battleground in the war against cyber attacks. It’s become one of those innocuous acronyms for what is now the most crucial of analytic tools ...

Download this article in PDF format. When most people think of the Internet of Things (IoT), home automation is what comes to mind. But in terms of complexity, home automation is a simple network ...

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A risk assessment, combined with a vulnerability assessment and threat scenario analysis, specifically identifies cyber vulnerabilities that may require elimination from a pipeline system. Elimination ...

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Industry experts from Emerson, Schneider Electric and Siemens Digital Industries reveal how manufacturers can assess ...

Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded seven contracts by a Joint Utility Procurement (JUP) project to deliver seven SCADA/EMS systems Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded ...