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Blog Entry: Why Does My Risk Assessment Require an FMEDA?
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…
Blog Entry: PES Refinery – CSB Initial Report
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…
Recorded Webinars: HMI Design to Improve Operator Response to Alarms
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.
News Item: exida FSE 100 Course to be Held in São Paulo, Brazil
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…
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Model 2800, 3800, 3300 and 2900
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Cage Guided Valve Model 83A-(S, BS, BSH, BP), 83-BL-(S, BS, BP), 83-NRV-(S, BS)
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Single Seat Globe Valve Model 06, 89, 89-IB and Discharge Valve Model 53
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Angle Valve Model 02-G, 02-C,02-F and 3-Way Valve Model 03, 04 and Double Seat Globe Valve 05
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Model 11-1M, 13-1, 13-3, 13-4, 16B & 16C
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Motoyama Eng Works LTD. - Model 92 and 93
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: New White Paper: Incorporating Agile and Scrum into IEC 62443
There are many ways to produce a software product. The traditional Information Technology (IT) way of creating a product was to incorporate the waterfall model, where rigid requirements were laid out before development began. Over the years, an agile process where flexibility is paramount has become the norm. One of…
Recorded Webinars: What-CHAZOP-macallit?
A Control Hazard and Operability Study (CHAZOP) is a procedure for analyzing the safety and reliability of existing or planned Control and Computer systems. A CHAZOP can be performed to support the overall process hazard analysis or to determine the reliability of the control system. Additionally, the CHAZOP represents a key opportunity for aligning functional safety and cybersecurity objectives. By pairing the CHAZOP with a cybersecurity High-Level Risk Assessment (HLRA) the safety, reliability, and security of the control system can be evaluated o support strategic decision making. This webinar will provide a general overview of the CHAZOP and HLRA methodologies along with examples that demonstrate the various approaches that can be taken and the advantages of aligning the CHAZOP study with a HLRA.
Blog Entry: The Non-Hackable System – Wait a Minute, What?
I had the privilege to attend the CDS-forum in Trondheim, Norway on October 15, 2019. The CDS-forum is a Norwegian Industry Forum for Cybersecurity of Industrial Automation and Control Systems. The forum is a co-operation between oil companies, engineering oil companies, consultants, vendors and researchers, with a special interest in…
Honeywell - 7823 Flame Switch
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: Control Instruments Achieves SIL 3 Certification for Flammability Analyzer
Sellersville, PA: Control Instruments Corporation , the experts in gas detection and solvent vapor monitoring have just received their SIL 3 certification for the PrevEx Series 670 Flammability Analyze r through exida. Designed to monitor lower flammability limits, the PrevEx flammability analyzer is equipped to be fast with a less…
Recorded Webinars: WARNING: Personnel Certification Concerns
When a person makes the decision to participate in a certificate or certification program, it is a bigger decision and accomplishment than one may realize. This decision “labels” or “brands” themselves into a core group of practitioners, specialists, professionals, or experts. The title one achieves will now follow that individual on their future work, their signature in every email, and on all of their social media platforms. So what happens if your brand, that you worked hard to achieve, becomes tarnished, changes, or loses value? Does the person who carries this title also lose its value. In short, the answer is YES.
Personnel programs may be dropped by the certification body.
A few weeks ago, we heard that a personnel certificate program from Europe may be terminating their program. The uncertainties were concerning and we decided to help. This webinar will go over some of the information that we have learned thus far about this personnel certification body and what the CFSE program is proactively doing to help all those effected by this change.
Blog Entry: How Much Testing Is Enough?
Have you ever wondered if you tested your product enough? Either in enough ways or for a long enough time? This assumes that you’d prefer to discover all the problems before your customers do. If you follow a 61508 compliant development process , you should be able to answer that…
White Paper: IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certification Programs Have Matured
After a significant number of well publicized cybersecurity attacks on automation systems, most plant owner/operators now recognize that a cybersecurity attack is a credible risk. The ICS owners/operators must improve cyber defenses if they want to even keep up in what has become an arms race of sorts. This effort…
White Paper: Incorporating Agile and Scrum into IEC 62443
There are many ways to produce a software product. The traditional Information Technology (IT) way of creating a product was to incorporate the waterfall model, where rigid requirements were laid out before development began. Over the years, an agile process where flexibility is paramount has become the norm. One of…
News Item: Cisco Systems Achieves exida IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certification
SELLERSVILLE, PA—exida, the global leader in functional safety and industrial cybersecurity certification, has certified Cisco System’s CSDL (Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle) engineering process for cybersecurity, ensuring it meets the requirements for IEC 62443 . exida is the global leader in cybersecurity certification and is a recognized ISO 17025 test lab…