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News Item: exida Announces Integrator Cybersecurity Certification Programs
Sellersville, PA: The global leader in functional safety, cybersecurity, and alarm management for the process industries, exida, has added two new certification programs for system integrators: IEC 62443-2-4 System Integrator Process Certification and IEC 62443-2-4 and 3-3 Integrated System Certification . The certifications are based on the IEC 62443-2-4 and…
Blog Entry: Where Do You Stand with Functional Safety?
This year, make your New Year’s resolution safety! Take a moment this year and think about where you currently stand with functional safety. And actually, be honest with yourself. REALLY honest. Do you proof test on time, or does it sometimes get pushed out? Do you pull your devices before…
Recorded Webinars: Is IEC 61508 for Mechanical Devices?
A look into exida’s Mechanical Component Database
This webinar will feature an overview of the IEC functional safety standards and who should be using them and how they can apply to simple mechanical devices. Specific topics include:
- Key IEC 61508 standard practices and information
- How it can be applied to simple mechanical devices
- FMEDA process to achieve mechanical failure rates
- Mechanical Component Database
- Importance of data integrity
Blog Entry: What can OT learn from IT data breaches?
Does your organization even have a CISO position? Cybersecurity continues to be an overlooked aspect in organizations—including those owning ICS (Industrial Control System) production facilities. Anyone following the news has most assuredly heard of the plethora of massive data breaches that organizations have endured over the last few years, and…
Recorded Webinars: Back to Basics: All About Failure Rates
We will head back to the basics and break down everything there is to know about failure rates. We will learn:
- What a failure rate is
- How the standards define them
- Their unit of measurement
- Types of failure rates and failure modes
- Where do you get failure rates from
- How did a failure rate for a product get determined
- How you know if the failure rate is appropriate for your application
- What to do if it’s not
And of course, take time at the end to answer any question you may have about failure rates!
News Item: 2018 Emerson Users Group Presentation on Achieving Peak Performance at Work Is Now Online
Video of Todd Stauffer's 2018 Emerson Users Group presentation is now online. Using the New Brain Science to Achieve Peak Performance at Work Human beings have a limited amount of mental energy. This presentation will talk about new advances in brain science and neuro-psychology that can help you “rewire your…
Dresser, LLC - 84000 Series SteamForm Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Emerson Automation Solutions Asia - Fisher 249 Displacer Sensors with FIELDVUE DLC3100 SIS Digital Level Controller
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida’s first Academy FSE 100 open enrollment class in Italy
Our first exida Academy open enrollment class in Italy was a success! exida collaborated with TECSA to conduct our flagship CFSE/CFSP prep course IEC 61511: Functional Safety Analysis, Design, and Operation in Milan from January 24-27. We look forward to many more courses in the future. For a current global…
Blog Entry: Who gives exida the authority to publish SILSafeData?
SILSafeData contains upper and lower bound ranges of dangerous undetected failure rates for many automation devices. It was created by exida using statistical analysis of FMEDA failure rate predictions. The component database used in the FMEDAx tool is based on over 350 billion unit operating hours of field failure studies,…
News Item: Online IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Software Development Course Scheduled for February
Join us for an instructor-led live online course on IEC 62443 cybersecurity software development Feb 25 - Mar 1, 2019. Course Description: The IEC 62443 Security Software Development training course and workshop was created specifically for developers of industrial control system products with a particular focus on network-enabled embedded control…
News Item: Complimentary Functional Safety & Industrial Cybersecurity Seminar in Pittsburgh
Please join us on February 1, 2019 for a complimentary seminar in Pittsburgh, PA. The seminar will be a great opportunity to learn more about important topics relating to Functional Safety, Industrial Cybersecurity, and Alarm Management. Lunch will be provided. Standards, Trends and and Integrated Approach to the Lifecycles of…
Blog Entry: Cyberattacks Succeed Where Humans and Systems Are Weak
Have you noticed that over the last several years, cybersecurity seems to be “trending?” Companies of all sizes are starting to learn how to prevent, or at least minimize, these attacks. They hire third-party experts and attend trainings to learn more about the human and system weaknesses that are common…
News Item: Complimentary Functional Safety & Industrial Cybersecurity Seminar in Charleston
Please join us on January 25, 2019 for a complimentary seminar in Charleston, SC. The seminar will be a great opportunity to learn more about important topics relating to Functional Safety, Industrial Cybersecurity, and Alarm Management. Lunch will be provided. Standards, Trends and and Integrated Approach to the Lifecycles of…
News Item: IEC 61508 Software Developers Open Enrollment Course Scheduled for February
Join us at exida's headquarters conveniently located outside Philadelphia and NYC for an open enrollment course on topics relevant to those developing software that must be compliant with IEC 61508. Course Description: The IEC 61508 standard for functional safety of electrical /electronic and programmable electronic systems, explains the concepts of…
Honeywell Process Solutions - Wireless Device Manager
ISASecure in the Security Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Does Your ICS Service Provider Need Training?
Today’s owner operators and lease operators of industrial production facilities frequently employ service providers for projects and upgrades, as well as operations and maintenance. These contractors often travel to many sites, carry their own copies of source code and files, and use multiple PCs with multiple engineering tools for the…
Recorded Webinars: 2019 Resolution – Use exSILentia
The exSILentia SILver™ module is setting new standards for SIL verification. How easy is it to model a Safety Instrumented Function? Should one of your 2019 New Year Resolutions be to improve your efficiency in modeling Safety Instrumented Functions? Get an overview of the trend setting functionality in exSILentia, see how efficient use of the exSILentia data core speeds up your SIL verification.
Recorded Webinars: My Motor Controller is Certified … or is it?
In the process industry, many safety functions include a pump, motor, or other electrical device. To bring a process to a safe state the devices that control these electric elements need to work correctly. “SIL Certified” Motor relays, Motor contactors, Motor starters and Motor drives are commonly used for these Low Demand applications. However there is a misunderstanding in the industry on how the product was SIL Certified. High Demand SIL Certifications are prevalent for machine safety where the device or elements are moving frequently, but when dealing with systems in Low Demand there is a Large void in the process industry.
This webinar will discuss a survey conducted in 2017, it will talk about the lack of data in the field, and also provide suggestions on how to fill the void when all the answers are available when creating safety systems.
Blog Entry: Bridging the OT / IT Cybersecurity Gap
Personnel responsible for protecting organizational assets within Operations Technology (OT) groups would seem to have the same mission as those responsible for protecting organizational assets within Information Technology (IT) groups, and be tightly aligned. Spending any amount of time with Industrial Control System 〈ICS〉 clients, however, shows that is certainly…