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PLCs, PACs June 16, 2021

PLC coding practices document released

The Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices document aims to provide a list of coding practices for PLC programmers.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
HMI, OI August 24, 2019

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity July 25, 2019

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity July 12, 2019

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity October 25, 2018

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity September 26, 2018

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
August 28, 2018

Automation group selects executive director

The International Society of Automation (ISA) named Mary Ramsey as its new executive director.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity April 3, 2018

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).

By International Society of Automation (ISA)
Cybersecurity June 7, 2017

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.

By International Society of Automation (ISA)