Top 5 Control Engineering articles September 17-23

The top 5 most read articles online, from Sept. 17-23 for Control Engineering covered cybersecurity, networking security, industrial wireless networks, IoT and automation, and autotuning. Links to each article below.

1. How much control goes to the cloud?

Cloud computing is gaining ground as industrial plants become more efficient, but it’s important to recognize where computing is needed and where it should be taking place.

2. Process control safety and compliance advice

Process safety regulations, standards, and loss prevention practices are derived from a tangled web of documents and it’s vital for a company to know the different agencies, standards, and other groups involved to reduce potential confusion.

3. Exoskeletons, virtual technologies bring robotics, humans closer together

Innovators develop ways to make people more efficient using exoskeletons and virtual technologies to bring humans and robots together. Do you have what it takes to be a robo-worker?

4. Understand network security: public key encryption and industrial automation

Remove unnecessary fear, take a proactive approach to network security as the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to rapidly expand.

5. Self-organizing versus managed industrial wireless networks

ISA 100.11a and WirelessHART standards reflect contrasting attitudes toward network management and these standards impact operational effectiveness.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, Sept. 17-23, for articles published within the last two months.

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

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