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A new home for the ACS automation incident data repository

The ACS incident data repository was created to answer important cybersecurity questions

Nov. 2, 2026

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The trust gap in control system cybersecurity: Iranian water hacks and French refrigeration attacks demonstrate why independent process monitoring is essential

Without trustworthy situational awareness in control systems and operational technology, there can be no assurance of safety, reliability, resilience or cybersecurity

Oct. 21, 2026

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OTCC recommendations for binding operational directives are dangerously incomplete

CISA directives must address OT network security. control system device security and independent process-integrity validation

Oct. 13, 2026

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Rockwell Automation: Automation Fair

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If you cannot trust what you measure, you cannot trust your situational awareness

Oct. 6, 2026

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Yokogawa closes the loop on polymerization control

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Sept. 4, 2026

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Survey: AI delivers measurable value gains for control engineers

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Oct. 27, 2026

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Oct. 26, 2026

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Top 50 automation suppliers 2026: How AI, M&A and market turmoil are reshaping industrial automation

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Oct. 21, 2026

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What do our factories know that we don’t?

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Oct. 19, 2026

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Nov. 3, 2026

How Tianxin Pharmaceutical rebuilt its plant around Ethernet APL and HART-IP

FieldComm Group’s 2026 Plant of the Year honoree paired Ethernet-APL with HART-IP to modernize field connectivity while preserving the HART knowledge and workflows already established...

Nov. 3, 2026

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How to defend the connected factory against AI-accelerated cyberattacks

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Oct. 20, 2026

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Figure 1: Specialty-chemicals manufacturer Infineum recently implemented Octave’s Tempo Operations Management on a web-enabled, WAN-based server accessible to authorized users. This enabled the company to standardize its shift, handover processes and daily production reports, which previously varied from site to site.

OT analytics play catch up to IT tools

Infineum implemented Octave’s Tempo Operations Management to standardize its production reporting, and improve accuracy, communications and decision-making

Oct. 8, 2026

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Data analytics show up for work

Users, integrators and suppliers agree the most useful measurements, signals and results are available at the right time and place — and they expect AI can help

Oct. 8, 2026

Figure 1: To extract performance data from 11 reactors and support processes making ink and pigments at its Sakai plant in Osaka, ink and pigment manufacturer DIC partnered with Yokogawa to develop a data utilization platform (DUP) that extended its earlier Digital Plant Operation Intelligence (DPI) quality stabilization program.

Easier information extraction and coordination

Ink manufacturer DIC uses Yokogawa’s software to integrate product and quality data with information from its existing Centum VP DCS

Oct. 2, 2026

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