Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control ...

Learn how distributed control system (DCS) enables remote monitoring and control of industrial processes and what benefits it offers for efficiency, safety, cost, and intelligence.

This book provides a basic approach to understanding and effectively applying industrial process control based on the systems concept. It provides an overview of an operating system, then divides it ...

They control processes for continuous production (e.g., electricity) and unit production (e.g., automobiles). Industrial control systems have been around for more than 50 years, but within that period ...

It’s long been known that a reactive approach to industrial control system maintenance is not an ideal strategy. Working from a reactive stance, in which problems are corrected as they occur, results ...

Industrial control systems, such as SCADA and Modbus, were originally developed before the internet had spread widely. So they were designed to be simple and to work in a closed system unconnected ...

Improving cyber resiliency in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) environments requires a comprehensive, multi-tiered approach that can address both standalone and networked systems. We've found the ...

In December 2015, three Ukraine power distribution companies were affected by a cyber-attack on their Industrial Control System (ICS) networks. The perpetrators — likely Russian hackers — infiltrated ...

Book Abstract: This book provides a basic approach to understanding and effectively applying industrial process control based on the systems concept. It provides an overview of an operating system, ...