In the modern connected enterprise where your industrial systems are networked to your business systems (which they almost certainly are) and your business systems are Internet facing (again very likely) then your business systems should be regarded as a potential source of threat to the integrity, safety and security of your control systems. That threat should be properly managed.
Read moreCarbon Residue Estimation and Control in Vacuum Towers
Early detection of CCR results in upstream units like Vacuum Distillation column HVGO samples helps Process Engineers to take corrective action upfront on the Operation of the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking unit thereby improving the reliability of the Refinery operation and improving the quality of the blended products from the Refinery.
Read moreHelping Users Find Value in Unstructured Plant Data
As we go through our daily lives full of smart devices and cloud technologies, huge amounts of unstructured data are being gathered and analyzed to improve the way we live. Why is it that the process industry is lagging behind?
Read moreIs Downtime Your Silent Production Killer?
To perform effective analysis of downtime, a dedicated software tool that provides useful and detailed downtime and rate loss information, accompanied by manual input provides an integrated solution.
Read moreThe Impact of Sleep on Operator Performance
Thanks to research conducted by Shiraz University, we now have reliable statistics to understand the linkage between sleepiness and omission/commission errors, and how they increase over the course of a shift.
Read moreIs Penetration Testing recommended for Industrial Control Systems?
In today’s ICS landscape, many plants have yet to be assessed to ascertain the security health of their systems, processes and operations since their DCS migration to open systems architecture. Should penetration testing be included in a cyber security assessment?
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