Top 5 Control Engineering articles September 10-16

Articles about cybersecurity, networking security, industrial wireless networks, IoT and automation, and autotuning were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from September 10-16, 2018. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra September 17, 2018

The top 5 most read articles online, from Sept. 10-16 for Control Engineering covered cybersecurity, networking security, industrial wireless networks, IoT and automation, and autotuning. Links to each article below.

1. Implementing a cybersecurity strategy for cloud-based SCADA

It’s critical to have the proper framework and cybersecurity measures in place to help prevent cyber attacks for cloud-based deployments of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. How IoT and automation will transform how industries function

Technology Update: Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the future of automation engineering and manufacturing.

5. Pros and cons of autotuning—the big story

The historic challenges of single-loop tuning, the limited success of autotuning, and the modern difficulties of model-based control share the same root cause.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, Sept. 10-16, for articles published within the last two months.

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


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.