• Cyber security: Who should be controlling DCS firewalls?
• Security resource: New availability for Control System Cyber Security Self Assessment Tool (CS2SAT)
• Networking technology: HART award winner is major Emerson, Profibus user
• Making beer: College food science program teaches brewing, automation
• System upgrade: New Yokogawa PRM release adds GE utilities
• System upgrade: MTL Matrix 8.2 integrates Wonderware platform, extends security
• In Print: 2008 Automation Integrator Guide
• Online: Test Your Energy IQ

Cyber security: Who should be controlling DCS firewalls?

In our recent Webcast, Cyber Security for Industrial Networks, the listener question that generated the most discussion from the panelists was from an end user at a chemical plant who said that his management decided that the IT department should be given responsibility for configuring firewalls for the DCS without any input from the control engineers. He thinks that's a problem. So do the panelists.
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Security resource: New availability for Control System Cyber Security Self Assessment Tool (CS2SAT)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Idaho National Labs (INL) have produced some outstanding cyber security training tools. Their distribution has not gotten much publicity, however, with the unfortunate result that they remain well kept national secrets. To change this situation, DHS and INL recently completed an agreement for the ISA Automation Standards Compliance Institute (ASCI) to distribute CS2SAT (pronounced "C-S-squared-sat"). While the name still lacks glamour, this self assessment tool is an excellent first step toward a larger security program.
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Networking technology: HART award winner is major Emerson, Profibus user

The HART Communication Foundation announced at the 2007 PowerGen Show in New Orleans that StatoilHydro, has won the 2007 HART Plant of the Year award for its project at the Ormen Lange gas field in Norway. This facility uses Emerson’s AMS Suite and field devices which the company cites as key enablers in StatoilHydro's effective use of predictive diagnostics for the Ormen Lange project, including the subsea installations, onshore terminal and the world’s longest sub sea gas pipeline project.
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Making beer: College food science program teaches brewing, automation

At the University of California, Davis, brewing is a scholarly pursuit. While consuming it may be extracurricular, UC Davis is home to one of America’s foremost brewing science schools, preparing students to join the next generation of brew masters. The school’s nanobrewery was recently updated with state-of-the-art production systems donated and designed in part by Rockwell Automation, allowing students to practice their craft with technologies similar to those used by commercial breweries.
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System upgrade: New Yokogawa PRM release adds GE utilities

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has released the latest upgrade to its Plant Resource Manager (PRM), version R3.02. PRM is a key component of Yokogawa's asset excellence initiative that integrates and manages maintenance information, monitors online conditions, and records historical data of assets ranging from field devices to plant equipment. The latest version of PRM adds two major improvements.
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System upgrade: MTL Matrix 8.2 integrates Wonderware platform, extends security

MTL Open System Technologies (MOST), a member of the MTL Instruments Group, has now released its Matrix 8.2 process control system that features extended integration with Wonderware’s System Platform 3.0 software and enhanced security.
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In Print: 2008 Automation Integrator Guide

Check out our searchable online database of more than 1,600 system integrators and winners of the annual system integrator of the year awards.
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Online: Test Your Energy IQ

Take our online quiz and see how much you know about electrical generation and consumption. Sponsored by ABB.
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