Managing change sustains security and enables compliance

For years critical infrastructure providers in the utility, energy, chemicals and other manufacturing industries have wrestled with how best to handle SECURITY across the unique, complex, heterogeneous automation system environment.  Many looked to the use of existing enterprise point solutions, only to find them unsuitable for the control system environment.  Some turned to point solution providers servicing the enterprise IT who were extending their marketing focus into the automation system << More >>

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

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 >>