Control system technologies are continually evolving, providing designers and facility owners with an ever-increasing array of options. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and distributed control ...

Although some engineers use special industrial computers with hardened hardware and special operating systems, most engineers avoided PCs for control because of problems with PC reliability. In ...

It’s long been known that a reactive approach to industrial control system maintenance is not an ideal strategy. Working from a reactive stance, in which problems are corrected as they occur, results ...

Industrial-automation system design presents unique challenges. This is, in fact, the story of conflicting demands. The introduction of low-cost modular racks to house system components such as ...

A new analysis of industrial control systems (ICS) running in the networks of oil and gas, power generation, refining and chemicals, pulp and paper, and mining industries sheds light on how some ...

Do you have a perimeter firewall connecting your business to the public internet? With the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and digital transformation efforts, the number of devices below ...