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Skip NERC CIP version 4 and go straight to version 5

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On April 18th, 2013 FERC held a meeting in which it heard from NERC regarding the proposed Critical Infrastructure Protection version 5 standards. The committee voted to skip version 4 and move straight to version 5, and the recently issued Presidential executive order on critical infrastructure cyber security appeared to largely be the driving force behind the rapid movement. Some of the major changes for version 5 include: New risk-based tiered classification system for cyber assets: High, Me << More >>

Managing Change to Minimize Risk in Industrial Control Systems

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Recently the Aberdeen Group published a blog post hosted on Automation.com regarding the Aberdeen Group’s report titled “Operational Risk Management: Managing Change to Improve Productivity and Minimize Risk”. While the blog post does not specifically call out risk to “cyber” assets, the comparison is easy to make and an overlap of the findings becomes clearer. Also, given the complexity of today’s industrial control system environments, a lot of readers will be shaking their heads i << More >>

ABB qualifies additional integration with Industrial Defender ASM; see it at ABB APW or online

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“The integration and qualification of Industrial Defender’s ASM Manage as part of System 800xA combines industry-leading technologies so that customers can better monitor, manage, and protect their critical control system operations.”   - Jonas Brannvall, ABB Global Group Product Manager Just in time to show off Industrial Defender ASM integration at ABB Automation Power World 2013, ABB’s System 800xA product team has qualified the integration of their System 800xA with our flagship, A << More >>

Distributech wrap up

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While the focus of Distributech is the distribution component of utilities, the discussions spanned the “Smart Grid” gamut. Demand response, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), distribution management systems, clean energy production, and securing the grid were some of the highlights of the opening keynote presentations. It’s no secret there is demand on the grid like never before. The last 10 years have provided technological advancements that are putting the need for demand response << More >>

What a year! The market to Monitor, Manage, and Protect industrial automation systems emerges.

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In 2012 Industrial Defender witnessed a major market shift as global critical infrastructure operators responded to the series of issues including escalating cybersecurity attacks, increasing ICS complexity, proliferation of intelligent devices, and imminent regulatory evolution.  The market has acknowledged the need for advanced technologies to automate the management of their heterogeneous control systems and has begun large-scale projects to enhance their security, compliance and change mana << More >>

Best Ways to Effectively Implement Change Management in ICS

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ICS are the operational systems in which we rely upon to provide us with everyday essentials, such as power, natural gas and water. When these systems are working well and flawlessly, operators have little reason to alter or make innovative changes to them. Embarking on monumental changes is a huge undertaking for these control systems, most of which are very large and critical to normal functionalities for the general public. However, the time has come to upgrade and/or replace these aging, out << More >>

Top 10 Recommendations for OT Compliance Managers On Change Management

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Change management is on top of mind for most compliance managers in Operational Technology (OT) driven industries. The following are Top 10 practical recommendations that have worked with our customers’ compliance managers who are trying to push technologies and processes around change management. 10. Start with Large Breadth of Use Cases on a Small Depth of Hosts The Compliance Manager should start with the complete breadth of technical and business use cases he wants to cover as part of the << More >>

ABB/Ventyx/Industrial Defender – innovating world class technology together

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Current and future ABB 800xA and Ventyx Network Manager customers are now well poised to address Security, Compliance and Change Management challenges given the exhaustive efforts of the ABB-Industrial Defender strategic partnership.  With a commitment to market leadership, ABB/Ventyx/Industrial Defender has completed interoperability testing   and rules development for the Automation Systems Manager solution for both 800xA and Network Manager platforms. Whether you are a power generator or o << More >>

Use Cases in Automation Systems Management – Software Inventory and Version Details

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This is a continuation of a series discussing different use cases in Automation Systems Management, and will focus on the operational advantages of knowing exactly what software is running on the control systems in your environment. This post is coming to you from ABB Automation and Power World in Houston, Texas, so if you happen to be here as you read this come find us in booth 8 of the Technology Expo. To see the first part of this series on managing ports and services, click here. Here’s a << More >>