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Flowserve Corporation - Logix 382x Digital Positioner
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Contractor Cybersecurity Training - Why Do You Need It?
Today, we are going to talk a little bit about Contractor Cyber Training. What's in a good contractor cyber training course? Why do you need one? Why aren't policies, practices, and contract language enough? Today's operators of industrial production facilities frequently utilize contract labor. This means a number of contractors…
News Item: IEC 61508 - An Introduction to Functional Safety in Oak Ridge, TN taught by Dr. William Goble
exida Academy is pleased to announce the open enrollment course IEC 61508 - An Introduction to Functional Safety presented by exida co-founder Dr. William Goble. The course is confirmed and will be held in Oak Ridge, TN (outside Knoxville) from September 26-28, 2017. For more details and to sign up…
News Item: exida Now Accepting Nominations for 2017 Safety Awards
exida, the world’s foremost technical authority and certification agency, is pleased to announce its 2017 exida Safety Awards. The awards are meant to honor the most outstanding functional safety or cybersecurity products/processes certified by exida per IEC 61508/IEC 61511/IEC 62443 in the following categories: Components Engineering Process Final Elements Logic…
News Item: Seminar in the UK: Assessing Plant and Equipment: IEC 61511, IEC 62443, ISA 18.2, and EEMUA 191
28 September 2017 - Manchester, UK exida is hosting a seminar free of charge at the Hilton Manchester Airport on 28 September 2017. Assessing Plant and Equipment – A Holistic approach to Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and Alarm Management IEC 61511, IEC 62443, ISA 18.2, and EEMUA 191 As technology, threats,…
News Item: Driving Into the Future With Modern C++: A Look at Adaptive Autosar Paper at CppCon
A paper written by exida Germany engineers Piotr Serwa and Piotr Tański along with Jan Babst of Elektrobit Automotive GmbH entitled Driving Into the Future With Modern C++: A Look at Adaptive Autosar will be presented on September 27, 2017 at the CppCon (C++ Conference) in Bellevue, WA. Software development…
Recorded Webinars: No Safe Failures For a Transmitter?
Analog transmitter failure modes are typically dangerous undetected, low, high, and detected. Typically there is no safe (either detected or undetected) failure mode. The low, high, and detected failure modes are to be classified by the end-user based on the actual application that the transmitter is used in. This webinar will review the expected failure modes and then using the exSILentia® SILver™ tool show how failure modes are classified into safe and dangerous, detected and undetected based on the actual application.
Blog Entry: Why Proof Test Coverage Is So Important For A SIF to Achieve Its Target SIL?
This is a question I often get asked when I’m teaching our FSE100 course on Functional Safety, when we discuss the purpose of Proof Testing and coverage. It’s amazing how many end users assume perfect proof testing (i.e. 100% coverage), that is capable of finding, all the potential dangerous undetected…
Vector Informatik GmbH - Vector MICROSAR SafeRTE
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Decoding the exida Certificate (2017)
A manufacturer whose product passes the exida IEC 61508 Assessment Scheme will receive a certificate based on IEC 61508 and perhaps other functional safety standards. There is a significant amount of information on a certificate that may not always be trivial for a novice. It is important that a user understands that a certificate does not stand by itself, and that it is supported by a detailed assessment report.
This webinar will explain:
- What happens in an exida certification assessment
- How a company gets a certificate and where to find them
- How one should use and interpret an exida certificate
- How the certification relates to functional safety compliance
News Item: New Youtube Video: Why Run-to-Fail Is Not A Good Strategy For Your Safety Instrumented System
Oftentimes, we ask our students whether they have a run-to-fail policy and surprised by how many times we hear the word “yes” in answer. If you are following a run-to-fail strategy for your SIS and its SIFs, you may want to think again because your system may not be as…
Blog Entry: Alarm Management and the Great American Solar Eclipse
Throughout history, total solar eclipses have been a significant event. In primitive societies, eclipses were viewed with fear or as important omens. In the US, the upcoming “ Great American Solar Eclipse ” is creating much excitement. From buying “official” eclipse-viewing glasses, to paying $1500 or more for a hotel…
AZ-Armaturen South Africa (Pty) Ltd - F-3-ISO-STD/CA/CASN/FS/FSN
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
AZ-Armaturen South Africa (Pty) Ltd - F-2-ISO-STD/CA/CASN/FS/FSN and RH Control Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Announces Business Partnership with TECSA
exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services and certifications is pleased to announce a business partnership with TECSA S.r.l . “Partnership with exida, a global leader in functional safety, cybersecurity, training and alarm management as well as certification of products and people,is the latest achievement of TECSA Operational…
News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at 29th National Robot Safety Conference
exida will be exhbiting and presenting at this year's 29th National Robot Safety Conference October 10-12, 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA at the OMNI William Penn Hotel. exida's Senior Safety Engineer Mike Mdoff will be on a panel talking about Cybersecurity and the IIoT. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Robot sales are at…
Blog Entry: IEC 61508 Functional Safety Certificates - To Accept or not to Accept?
I get an email that includes a “certificate” of some sort most every week. The sender asks “Can I accept this certificate?” Or the sender might ask “Are these failure rates valid for the process industries?” At exida we have some specific criteria we use when performing third party independent…
Blog Entry: Outer Banks: How Could This Massive Power Outage Happen?
I, like many others, was stunned to hear that there was a major power outage covering the Outer Banks. Being an engineer, my instincts were to immediately investigate what happened and what steps occurred to lead to that point. Even before I did research, my mind was already asking “Why…
Texas Instruments - TDA3X ADAS SoC
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Improving Safety Lifecycle Data Flow Reduces Project Cost
Efforts to prioritize safety are often limited by budget constraints. However, it’s possible to improve safety work processes and reduce project costs simultaneously. Seamless flow of process safety data from analysis to design and implementation, and finally operations and maintenance lifecycle phases save valuable time and reduce overall project costs.