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What Is an Industrial PC? How Plant-Floor Computers Differ From Standard Hardware
An industrial PC is built to survive exactly what kills a standard desktop tower on a plant floor. Dust cakes the intake fan until it seizes. A forklift’s vibration works a memory module loose. A summer without air conditioning pushes the CPU past its rated…
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In Review: A Look at the 2022 Topics Driving the Future of ICS Settings
Fueled by the further convergence of IT and OT, the global industrial control systems (ICS) market is growing. In fact, it is expected to rise from $16.7 billion in 2022 to $23.7 billion by 2027 with North America hosting the largest portion of the growth. A…
Industrial IoT Trends and Benefits
The Industrial Internet of Things, also known as IIoT, is helping to redefine the manufacturing setting and what efficiency and productivity can entail for this sector. Through enhanced data, intelligence and analytics, this technology is giving operators a…
A Critical Step to Industrial Cybersecurity: Mapping Out the Plant Floor
It would be nice if cyberattacks started to slow down. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case, especially for industrial organizations. Earlier this year, Trend Micro Incorporated announced new data showcasing that “89 percent of electricity, oil and gas,…
The Ongoing Rise of Industrial IIoT
As Anil Bhaskar writes for Forbes, “The traditional way of performing equipment maintenance using tools, materials, checklists and clipboards is inefficient.” This could not be closer to the truth. We are in an age of complete digital transformation for…
NSA & CISA Continues to Expand ICS Cybersecurity Efforts
In a recent announcement, the Ukrainian government revealed that it is once again preparing for “massive cyberattacks” that it fears Russian hackers will carry out on critical infrastructure facilities. They also shared their concern for institutions located in…
The Need to Protect Insecure Industrial Control Systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently put out an industrial control systems (ICS) advisory alerting operators of seven security flaws in Dataprobe’s iBoot-PDU power distribution unit product. As described at the Hacker…
The Rise of Digital Twins
In their ‘IoT Signals: Manufacturing Spotlight‘ report, Microsoft and Intel summarize that maintenance monitoring and automation are the biggest overarching areas that companies are banking on when it comes to industrial IoT technologies. They are also the…
Collaboration for a More Secure Future
Cyberattacks on the manufacturing sector can have severe impacts.
The Vision is Secure: Data Visualization on the Plant Floor
A new age for plant floors is unfolding with the rising popularity of smart factories. The dawn of this Industry 4.0 staple comes as the adoption of 5G networks increases and connectivity becomes the norm. While regions of the world, including Europe and the United…
Smart Factories Are Under Attack: Are You Prepared?
Last week, we were given yet another reminder about the importance of critical infrastructure security when an outage of Rogers telecommunications services impacted Canadians across the country. While the company stated that the issue stemmed from a…
Industry Spotlight: Safeguarding the Food and Beverage Plant Floors
When Abbott Nutrition voluntarily shut down a facility on February 17th due to contaminated products, it ignited a frenzy. Parents and caregivers were left scrambling to get their hands on baby formula as a shortage ensued. Not only did this crisis expose the fact…
Industry 4.0 and Next-Gen Manufacturing
The next generation of manufacturing is upon us. Whether it is being referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 or 4IR, its impact is undeniable.
