Technology, cyber attacks are both on the rise
General Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and the NSA, addressed the advances of technology and cyber attacks at the PAS 2018 Optics conference and said cybersecurity is a new domain and is vulnerable because security is an afterthought.
Providing circuit protection for safety
When correctly selected and applied, circuit breakers, fuses, and other protection components can help keep workers safe from injuries and machines from damage.
Top 5 Control Engineering articles May 21-27
Articles about the 2018 Salary and Career Survey, condition-based maintenance, IIoT and sensor functionality, spreadsheets limiting data analytics, and IIoT analytics and predictive maintenance were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 21-27, 2018. Miss something? You can catch up here.
Spending on security-related services expected to rise in 2018
Global spending on security-related hardware, software, and services should hit $91.4 billion in 2018, an increase of 10.2% over 2017. Discrete manufacturers are expected to be among the biggest spenders.
Learn from others’ mistakes in automation integration project management
Think Again: Minimize risk and maximize rewards of control system integration projects with this advice.
Collaborative robots are evolving, becoming safer
Collaborative robots are intended to share workspaces with human workers and are built to be safer partner than an industrial robot. Industry standards and robotic equipment are evolving to accommodate greater and greater levels of safety in the workplace.
Create safe, efficient barriers for human-machine interaction
Automated machines and robots can create potentially dangerous hazards for workers who operate and interact with them, which makes it vital to create safe barriers that don't hamper or interfere with a company's operations.
Achieving profitable efficiency through process control
Profitable efficiency is profitability control cascaded to process control to maximize operational profitability in real time and improve financial as well as operational efficiency.
Cloud-based safety suite to enhance worker safety
Honeywell released a way for companies to improve productivity and regulatory compliance by connecting their existing inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE) through radio identification (RFID) tags.
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?