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PLC coding practices document released
The Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices document aims to provide a list of coding practices for PLC programmers.
Guidelines for optimizing HMI usability, performance published
The ISA's first American National Standard on human-machine interfaces (HMIs) covers the philosophy, design, implementation, operation and maintenance of HMIs for process automation systems.
Cybersecurity alliance’s founding members announced
The International Society of Automation (ISA) named the founding members of its Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA): Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Claroty, and Nozomi Networks.
Global cybersecurity alliance to accelerate education, readiness
The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance will assemble a global group of stakeholders from end-user companies, control system vendors, information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other industry affiliates.
Standard specifying capabilities for components released
ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018, published by the International Society of Automation (ISA), sets forth security capabilities that enable a component to mitigate threats for a given security level without the assistance of compensating countermeasures.
Cybersecurity standard specifies capabilities for control system components
The ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018 standard provides the cybersecurity technical requirements for components that make up an IACS, specifically the embedded devices, network components, host components and software applications.
Automation group selects executive director
The International Society of Automation (ISA) named Mary Ramsey as its new executive director.
Industrial cybersecurity standard published
ISA/IEC 62443-4-1-2018, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 4-1: Product Security Development Life-Cycle Requirements, specifies process requirements for the secure development of products used in industrial automation and control systems (IACS).
Automation group hires cybersecurity expert as managing director
Marty Edwards, a cybersecurity expert and director of the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), has been hired as the managing director of the Automation Federation.