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Is Field-Based Control More Secure?

If We Hide Our Controls in Field Devices, Are We More Immune From the Infections of the Higher-Level Networks?
Post Date: 04/03/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Why Nuclear Needs Process Automation

The Key to the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Is to Maintain the Availability of Coolants, Even if All Electric Power Supplies Fail
Post Date: 11/01/2012
Author: Bela Liptak

Process Security is a Never-Ending Journey

Users and Suppliers Must Collaborate to Patch Control System Vulnerabilities
Post Date: 10/30/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Process Automation Systems: How Secure Is Secure Enough?

Where Do you Draw the Line in Applying Security to Your Systems?
Post Date: 10/09/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Get Your Virus Info Here

Tell Your IT People to Visit Our Web Page. They Might Now Knowth That Plant-Level Security is Different and More Complex Than Standard Enterprise Security. We Have All the Info They Need
Post Date: 07/03/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

What's the Best Defense Against Stuxnet?

A Comparison of Which Tools Are the Best for Finding Stuxnet in a System
Post Date: 05/28/2012
Author: Morteza Rezaei

Protocol Transformation Defense Against Cyber Attack

This Article Discusses how XMPP Can Offer Packet Inspection at an Endpoint Prior to Transformation to Another Protocol
Post Date: 05/24/2012
Author: William J. Miller

Cybersecurity in Your Safety DNA

If Your Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Programs Aren't Intertwined, You May Not Be as Safe as You Think
Post Date: 05/07/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

About That Safety and Security Stuff

A Plant That Can Be Easily Penetrated by an Evil-Doer, or a Plant That Can Easily Have a Cyber-Induced Accident Is, by Inspection, Not a Safe Plant
Post Date: 05/04/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Cyber Warfare and the Control Systems Community

What Must the Control Systems Community Do to Adapt to the Threat of Cyber Warfare?
Post Date: 12/02/2011
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Cyber Attack, But Wait–We're the Good Guys!

Does Being the "Good Guys" Mean We Can Do Things We Would Find Objectionable If Others Did Them to Us?
Post Date: 12/02/2011
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Sunny Side Security

It's Just a Matter of Adding New Security Tweaks as Needed, Much Like an Immune System That Evolves to Counter Biological Viruses and Threats
Post Date: 10/07/2011
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Safety and Security Are All About Perception

Why Aren't We Investing on Cybersecurity? What Are Our Reasons? Financial Or Just The Way We Human Beings React to Threats?
Post Date: 08/31/2011
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Stuxnet Overview - Understanding What It is, What Has Happened and the Solutions Available

See a Compilation of Articles on Stuxnet, Written by Process Automation Experts. What Is Stuxnet, What Has Happened, and What Solutions Have Been Found to Correct the Problem
Post Date: 08/16/2011
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Summer and Stuxnet

Talking Plant Cybersecurity in the Light of Stuxnet. With No Certifications for Control System Cybersecurity, Anyone Can Be an Expert. Who Does an End User Believe?
Post Date: 08/02/2011
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Really, Really, Really Cyber Secure

It Is Now Clear That Machine-level, Embedded Controllers, Such as PLCs, PACs and DCS Controllers Are Vulnerable From Both Inside and Outside the Plant
Post Date: 08/01/2011
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Stuxnet and the Paradigm Shift in Cyber Warfare

A Brief History of the Stuxnet Worm Including Its Targets, the Initial Findings, Possible Creators of the Worm and Its Effects
Post Date: 05/19/2011
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How to Hijack a Controller

Why Stuxnet Isn't Just About Siemens' PLCs
Post Date: 01/13/2011
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You Get the Security You're Willing to Pay For

Since the Stuxnet Worm Hit, Vendors and End Users Alike Are Thinking and Talking About Their Security Policies
Post Date: 12/06/2010
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Smart Manufacturing; Virus Protection

Our Readers React to Our Article About Smart Manufacturing and Explain Why Stuxnet Happens and Why Everybody Is Vulnerable
Post Date: 12/06/2010
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