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Manufacturing News

How food companies can combat hackers

Food and beverage companies are the third most likely to be hacked.

October 11, 2016

Report shows 70 percent of food and beverage companies that are hacked go out of business within a year of an attack.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

CMMS: Get your maintenance on track

A computerized maintenance management system helps keep assets running and assists with meeting food safety audit requirements.

Wayne Labs

July 20, 2016

A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) can help food and beverage facility owners plan and schedule assets and labor to optimize overall plant efficiency and minimize downtime.

TECH FLASH

Internet of Things: Remote monitoring

The Internet-enabled systems bring a new level of flexibility, performance and cost advantages.

April 26, 2016

They also raise concerns about data, plant information and product security.

TECH FLASH

Siemens opens cybersecurity operation center

Industrial security specialists will monitor industrial facilities around the world.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 26, 2016

The company has joint locations in Europe and the US.

Automation

Are your control networks safe from cyberattacks?

Better safe than sorry since "sorry" could cost you downtime, product quality or safety and/or your brand’s reputation.

Wayne Labs

March 18, 2016

According to the ICS-CERT (Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team) fiscal year 2015 final incident response statistics, the food and agriculture segment reported only two cyberattacks last year.

ISA Automation conference to highlight challenges in food industry

Jeremy Gerrard

March 8, 2016

The 2016 ISA Food and Pharmaceutical Industries (FPID) Symposium will be held March 14-15 in Cork, Ireland.

Rockwell, Cisco launch new architectures to reduce security risks

MESA International launches cybersecurity working group

November 3, 2015

Establishing a framework to tackle issues related to industrial systems cybersecurity, the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International announced it has opened its Cybersecurity Working Group to global manufacturers/producers and solution providers.

TECH FLASH

Rockwell, Cisco launch new architectures to reduce security risks

Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architectures help operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) professionals address changing security practices.

Jeremy Gerrard

July 28, 2015

The new designs offer ways for OT and IT to deploy a converged plant-wide Ethernet.

TECH FLASH

New bipartisan bill confronts cyberattacks

The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 authorizes the Department of Commerce to facilitate and support the development of voluntary standards to reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.

Jeremy Gerrard

December 29, 2014

The bill is designed to strengthen and protect the nation’s economic and national security through public-private partnerships.

TECH FLASH

ISA issues response to cybersecurity workforce development report

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is challenging a report that suggests the need for a unified national strategy

Jeremy Gerrard

September 29, 2014

The Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity sets out guidelines for owners and operators to identify, assess and manage cyber risk.