Cybersecurity: Continuous Vigilance Required
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As digitalization becomes more common and remote operations become necessary, guarding against cybersecurity breaches grows even more critical
The hacking of a Florida water plant, which made headlines in February, was a poignant reminder of the dangers posed by breaches of cybersecurity. Although the incident was discovered before real harm could occur, it highlights the importance of due vigilance when it comes to the security of IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) of plants in the chemical process industries (CPI).
Threats are always there
“The [CPI] face increasing and more sophisticated cybersecurity threats,” says Michael Lester, director of cybersecurity strategy, governance and architecture at Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com). “Attacks are constantly evolving, as commoditized malware and advanced
Integrating Process Safety, Visibility, and Cybersecurity
Following its acquisition by Hexagon, PAS explains how its software integrates with Hexagon’s technologies to address critical industrial process operations factors.
Feb 11th, 2021
At the 2021 ARC Industry Forum, representatives of PAS highlighted how its software products addressing process safety, digitalization, and cybersecurity complement Hexagon’s industrial software and sensor technologies. Hexagon acquired PAS in late 2020.
Process safety, one of PAS’s earliest emphases, is covered by PlantStateIntegrity, which can now be integrated with Hexagon’s j5 Operations Logbook, an application that allows users to record and manage operational, process, and safety metrics, such as control loop deviations, process disturbances, and alarm frequency. By using PlantStateIntegrity to feed information into the j5 Operations Logbook, complex manual shift handovers can be replaced by the creation of automatically g
PAS Releases Sensor Data Integrity
New capability ensures configuration data integrity and signal tracing to improve process safety, reduce cyber risk and support digital transformation
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HOUSTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PAS Global, part of Hexagon, today announced Sensor Data Integrity, a new Automation Integrity™ module, which enables industrial organizations to ensure configuration data integrity for smart and traditional sensors with signal tracing and validation. This addition to Automation Integrity helps reduce both process safety and cyber risk in support of digital transformation and Industrie 4.0 initiatives.
As industrial organizations expand their deployment of smart sensors, it is becoming increasingly more complex to manage configuration consistency across field device management, distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), safety instrumented systems (SIS), historians and ot