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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

Securing Control Systems in Cyberspace

One of Our Readers Says That Even the ISA99 Memeber Will Say It Is Hard to Quantify Security From Their Security Access Level (SAL) Work
Post Date: 10/02/2012
Author: Dale Peterson

Crude Oil Pipeline Control

Is It Possible to Maintain an Accurate and Stable Pressure Control Just Using Speed Control?
Post Date: 09/27/2012
Author: Bela Liptak,

Breathe New Life into Your Facility

Break the Band-Aid Habit. Fix Your System Right the First Time
Post Date: 09/26/2012
Author:

WirelessHART Takes Off

Interoperable, Backward-Compatible, Future-Proofed, WirelessHART Is a Powerful and Flexible Industrial Wireless Standard
Post Date: 09/12/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

All Roads Lead to HART- Get Connected Now!

Why? HART Is the World's Number One and Most Often Selected Communication Technology
Post Date: 09/10/2012
Author: Ron Helson

Safety Stories - So What?

Maybe Everyone is Doing a Great Job, and This Seemingly Unending Series of Accidents Is Just Statistics Catching Up With Us
Post Date: 09/10/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Preventing Plant Shutdowns With Coal Conveying Confidence

Leland Olds Station's Lignite-Fired Power Plant Integrates Gearboxes, Efficient Motors, Pulleys and Shafting to Prevent Unplanned Downtime in Its Coal Conveyors
Post Date: 09/07/2012
Author: Dave Soma

Improving Oil and Gas Well Safety

Liptak Walks Us Through Step-by-Step How Process Control Can Improve the Safety of Fracking, Off-Shore Drilling, Well Blow-Out Prevention, Drilling Ship Stability and Much More
Post Date: 08/29/2012
Author: Bela Liptak

Old Habits Die Hard, Even for Automation Professionals

We Are Creatures of Habit, and We can't Get Beyond the Habits That Make Automation Accidents Happen
Post Date: 08/27/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

All About Process Safety

Our Editors Tackle Process Safety Resources
Post Date: 08/06/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Natural Gas, Sustainability and the Far North

If You Have an Opinion About the Way Your Plant, Your Country or Your World Is Being Run, It Is Up to You to Take Action
Post Date: 07/30/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Environment, Health and Safety: Good for Business, Good for Plants

In the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Plants Are Putting Increased Emphasis on the Role of Environment, Health and Safety in Both High-Level Strategy and Day-to-Day Operations, According to Recent Research by Aberdeen
Post Date: 07/26/2012
Author: Nuris Ismail, Reid Paquin

Sistemas Instrumentados de Seguridad y Analisis SIL

Este libro es la respuesta que muchos profesionales de habla hispana han buscado sobre el tema de seguridad en sistemas instrumentados de la industria.
Post Date: 07/06/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Help for Fukushima?

Our Reader Alex DeVolpi Was Drawn Out of Retirement by the Fukushima Crisis. Find Out Why
Post Date: 07/04/2012
Author: Alex DeVolpi

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

Drilling Safely in the Arctic Ocean

Liptak Shows Why Full Automation Could Improve the Safety of Offshore Drilling in and Transportation from the Arctic Ocean
Post Date: 07/03/2012
Author: Bela Liptak

Pushing the Limits

Maximize Implementation Success With Standards-Based, Object-Oriented Design
Post Date: 06/13/2012
Author: Rick Slaugenhaupt

Developing Control System Security Standards

Are There Several Standards in the Area of Control Systems Security?
Post Date: 06/01/2012
Author: Eric C. Cosman

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