industrial control systems

Advancing Tech and Challenges in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

It’s been a hectic few years. And the pharmaceutical industry certainly felt the impact. From COVID-19 to growing and evolving global demands, manufacturers in the field have had a lot to deal with. In turn, they are investing more and more in smart manufacturing technologies, which provide benefits including greater efficiency and visibility. As this …

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Prioritizing ICS Cybersecurity Across the Board in 2023

According to Manufacturing.net, global spending on digital transformation is expected to grow to $2.8 trillion by 2025. Manufacturing industries make up around 30% of that transition. The move further toward this environment offers necessary updates to plant floors and other industrial settings, provides greater efficiency, and was certainly pursued in 2022. There’s no doubt that …

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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 variety of industries such as manufacturing, chemicals, energy and …

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OT Cyber | From The Plant Floor Up: Shawn Gutierrez from AtomTech

https://youtu.be/BjaCBOdaEEU Join Jeff Smith, CTO at DYNICS, as he discusses the company’s partnership with AtomTech and how they will help deliver access to Dynimetrics, a product created by DYNICS to simplify data visibility and analysis within operations’ systems. Additionally, Jeff and Shawn dive into the state of the SCADA and cyber space and the importance …

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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 News, iBoot-PDU “provides users with real-time monitoring capabilities and sophisticated alerting mechanisms via a web interface so as to control …

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Securing the Plant Floor and the Future of ICS Cybersecurity

In early March, it was reported by Reuters that Toyota Motor Corp had experienced a cyberattack impacting its supply chain. The issue was discovered when Kojima Industries Corp, the plastic parts and electronic components provider to the automaker, realized that it had been hit with a virus, ultimately leading to a temporary shutdown of some …

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