exida, the global leader in functional safety and cybersecurity certification, is pleased to announce the winners of their 2019 Safety & Cyber Awards. We are thrilled with the quality of products that were submitted for this year’s awards,” said exida principal partner Dr. William Goble. This made for a very…
IEC 61508, ISO 26262, IEC 62304, EN 50716 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
I got a new car. The process was a bit disturbing. It took over an hour to go through the “set-up” menu. And it was suggested that I return for a second training session after spending time studying the manual and testing different settings. I was thinking how different things…
To help ensure 2020 gets off to a good start, exida is dedicating a week to Cybersecurity in Warwick, UK with open enrollment classes and a free seminar. 20 Jan: Automation Cybersecurity: Introduction to IEC 62443 This course provides an overview of the IEC 62443 standard and explains the fundamental…
Once again, we’ll go back to basics and run down everything you need to know to get started in functional safety. This webinar will focus on Systematic Capability, Architectural Constraints and the Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD).
We will look at:
Along with how each play an important role in SIF design and safety.
Failure data collection can seem tedious, time consuming and expensive. Just figuring out what data to collect can be challenging. Failure data analysis can be overwhelming with a sense of “I don’t even know where to begin.” So it is not surprising that these useful, vital activities are often neglected…
ISASecure in the Security Automation Equipment List
exida's VP of Global Business Development Steve Gandy spoke at a functional safety seminar in Siracusa, Italy last week. His speech was on the Functional Safety Lifecycle According to the IEC 61511 Standard. The event was organized by Tecsa, exida, and Vigili del Fuoco and covered a variety of topics…
PFDavg (the average Probability of Failure on Demand) is the probability that a system will fail dangerously, and not be able to perform its safety function when required. PFDavg can be determined as an average probability or maximum probability over a time period. IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 use PFDavg…
Velosi , a worldwide leader in Asset Integrity, HSE and Engineering Services has just received their API 580 and ASME 31.8s certifications through exida. exida, the global leader in functional safety, cybersecurity, and alarm management for the process industries was eager to work alongside of Velosi’s team in the recertification…
If you find yourself faced with this question you might be wondering why it is that having successfully used risk assessments without FMEDA your team are suddenly faced with the complexity of executing FMEDAs. Maybe us safety people answer with a follow up question to better understand and answer something…
I'm sure you are aware of the preliminary findings of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery explosion. If not, have a look at the video below. It is very interesting, but sad. I think we all can learn a lot from it. The PES refinery is one of the largest…
The alarm system and Human Machine Interface (HMI) are the main interfaces for process plant operators to monitor and control the process. This webinar will discuss HMI Design practices that can help improve the operator’s response to abnormal situations based on human factors considerations. It will discuss techniques for optimizing situation awareness before, during, and after an upset. It includes best practices in the configuration of process graphics and the alarm system taken from the ISA-18.2 and ISA-101 standards. It also references the work of Micah Endsley, the ASM Consortium, and the Center for Operator Performance.
exida will be teaming up with Vista Automacao to deliver our flagship CFSE prep course FSE 100 - IEC 61511: FUNCTIONAL SAFETY ANALYSIS, DESIGN, AND OPERATION in São Paulo, Brazil on January 20-23, 2020. Looking to become a CFSE or CFSP? This is the course you’ll need to pass the…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List