Top 5 Control Engineering articles May 7-13

Articles about industrial control system security, industrial analytics, IIoT and sensor functionality, cybersecurity advice, and data analytics were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 7-13, 2018. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra May 14, 2018

The top 5 most read articles online, from May 7-13 for Control Engineering, covered industrial control system security, industrial analytics, IIoT and sensor functionality, cybersecurity advice, and data analytics. Links to each article below.

1. Understanding industrial control systems security basics

Cover story: It’s critical to implement an in-depth cybersecurity plan to help protect industrial control systems (ICSs) against a cyber attack. Identify threats, vulnerabilities, standards, and documents.

2. Where to start with industrial analytics

What to do to create useful operations information and drive real results.

3. How IIoT impacts tool and sensor functionality 

On the front lines of the cloud’s maintenance disruption.

4. Advice from the Triton cybersecurity incident 

Cybersecurity incident: Human errors enabled it, but the Triconex safety controller shut down the plant as designed, say experts with Schneider Electric and ARC Advisory Group. But it’s still a call to action for industry. Have you implemented changes since then?

5. Four ways spreadsheets limit data analytics

Tools needed for data cleansing, visualization, contextualization, and modeling.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, May 7-13, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, production editor, CFE Media, cvavra@cfemedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is senior editor for WTWH Media LLC.