All of this can be accomplished with the use of a SCADA system within the automation process. However, none of these functions are available if the system is not designed with a reliable power source ...

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

SCADA cybersecurity protects grid control systems from unauthorized commands, data manipulation, and operational disruption. Without proper authentication, encryption, and network segmentation, ...

To meet the challenge against advanced persistent threats like Stuxnet, Norman ASA, a global security leader, www.norman.com, has developed the Norman SCADA Protection (NSP) system to protect against ...

Computerized process-control systems run some of the most critical infrastructures in the U.S., such as power utilities, water treatment plants, chemical plants and mass-transit systems. Until ...

As the U.S. bulk power system continues to focus on distributed energy resources (DERs) for more of our overall electricity needs, the ability of the grid operators, power marketers, and reliability ...

The U.S. currently faces a growing threat from cyber-attacks against its critical infrastructure (CI) vital to our modern society. Many understand this growing threat but don’t know the origins of a ...

SEATTLE - July 12, 2011 - WatchGuardR Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions , today announced that its next-generation firewalls and UTMs with Application Control now include ...

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are critical as they are used to monitor and control the delivery of essential services such as ...

Industrial control systems, including SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) have come under the security spotlight in recent years following a sprinkling of incidents – most notably the ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. The threat landscape facing companies in ...

The security of critical-infrastructure processes, long festering as a thorny issue in securing everything from food and water to energy and transportation, will be getting a boost from proposed ...