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Recorded Webinars: Functional Safety Management For Managers

The IEC61511 Standard is built around a safety lifecycle (SLC) to provide a consistent approach to risk identification and risk reduction, in accordance with a company’s tolerable risk, following best practices. By following the SLC it provides a means of achieving optimum design that balances risk reduction with performance.

What governs the SLC is Functional Safety Management (FSM), which requires a plan to be in place that defines how functional safety will be managed throughout the entire SLC. FSM requires that there be processes and procedures in place, that are monitored and audited, to facilitate FSM. It also requires a competency plan to be in place to ensure staff are properly trained and regularly assessed. This needs to happen at all levels within the company, with anyone involved in SLC activities and/or tasks.

Managers need to also be competent when it comes to managing SLC tasks and being responsible for personnel who are performing SLC tasks. Understanding the importance of performing preventative maintenance and mechanical integrity to maintain process safety is key; arbitrarily cutting expenditure on maintenance and proof testing could lead to serious incidents. Managers who don’t understand the ramifications and/or can justify why budget cuts were made could end up being held accountable and could be prosecuted. Deniable culpability will not be a defense.

This webinar will highlight the importance of understanding FSM and how FSM can be managed and maintained. Executives, Managers and Supervisors should be aware of this and understand the ramifications.

Recorded Webinars: IEC 62443 - An Introduction to exida Cybersecurity Certification Programs

After a number of cybersecurity attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), most plant owner/operators now consider a cybersecurity attack to be a credible risk. In 2007 the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) was founded and defined the first cybersecurity certification scheme. Now in 2018, IEC 62443 standards have since been released, new schemes have been defined based on cybersecurity experience and these new standards. The presentation will describe the IEC 62443 Certification Program based on the progression of the IEC62443 standard.

Blog Entry: Do You Measure the Performance of Your SIS?

It always amazes me that when teaching our FSE 100 Functional Safety Engineering course, the number of times I find that end users in the class are not really measuring the performance of their SIS. In most cases, they are doing some measurements, but not thoroughly. It was partly for…

News Item: Seminar in the UK: Autonomous and Robotic Safety for Managers and Practitioners

6 July 2018, Warwickshire, UK This free seminar will take you through the latest requirements for autonomous and robotic safety, as well as discuss the implications of cyber security and the importance of securing systems and devices. This event is perfect for engineers and managers looking to better understand the…