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News Item: exida Presenting at 3rd Safety Control Systems Conference
exida’s John Cusimano, Director of Security Services will be a keynote speaker and presenter at the 3rd Safety Control Systems Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The conference will be held November 27-29, 2012. Mr. Cusimano’s presentations include: “A Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment Technique for Cyber Security Threats” Cyber threats are increasing…
Blog Entry: IEC 61508 Compliant Module Testing: Part 2
Last week you learned about what exactly a module is, and examples of different types of modules. Now we will move on to interfaces, the need for module testing, and code coverage requirements. An interface, such as the 3D printer’s communication interface, or the format of the 3D data it…
Blog Entry: Pen Testing a Live Control System – Are You Mad?
A recent, disturbing trend I’ve seen in industrial control system 〈ICS〉 security is that, in response to concerns about the security of their ICS & SCADA systems, companies are performing penetration (pen) testing on operational systems. Often times they request these services as one of the first steps in their…
Blog Entry: IEC 61508 Compliant Module Testing: Part I
3D printers are cool! I watched a TED talk this past year about them. I know they have been around for over 30 years, but I still think they’re cool. As I watched, I thought of the wheel for my dishwasher’s roll-out rack, which had recently fallen off and melted…
Emerson Automation Solutions - DVC6200 SIS Digital Valve Controller
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Emerson Automation Solutions - DVC6200 Digital Valve Controller
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Emerson Automation Solutions - DVC6200 SIS Position Monitor
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Rosemount - 644 4-20mA HART
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: How to Decode an exida IEC 61508 Certificate: Part 2
Click here to read Part 1 Now that you know the step-by-step process of product certification, now let’s take a look at the actual information on the certificate. In the left panel (gray background) you will find an exida certification logo. The logo contains information on the standard used for…
News Item: exida Exhibiting and Presenting at 2012 Emerson Global User Exchange in Anaheim, CA
exida will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2012 Emerson Global User Exchange October 8-12, 2012 in Anaheim, California. Stop by Booth #502 during exhibit hours. Also, Dr. William Goble, Principal Partner and Todd Stauffer, exida Director of Alarm Management are among the presenters at this year’s event. Please see…
Detector Electronics, LLC - X3301, X3302 Multispectrum IR
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd - HP-PN Series 29, 38 and 52
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: How to Decode an exida IEC 61508 Certificate: Part 1
So you downloaded a product certificate from the exida website and you are trying to understand the information documented in the certificate. Also, you likely want to know what stands behind the certificate and what was involved in the certification of the product. I’m not going to spend time talking…
News Item: New Benchmark Survey: Use of Alarms as Safeguards and Layers of Protection
exida is conducting a survey on the use of alarms as safeguards and layers of protection. The goal of this survey is to benchmark the current alarm management practices used in industry for these types of safety-critical alarms. Poor management of such alarms can result in near-misses or can contribute…
Blog Entry: Component De-rating Without the Overhead
If you were going to build a bridge, you would want to make sure that it did not fall down if there were too many cars on the bridge. One way that this is accomplished is to overdesign. If the bridge is expected to hold at most 20,000 pounds, it…
Texas Instruments - TMS570LS20x/10x
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Green Hills Software LLC - INTEGRITY RTOS
IEC 61508, EN 50128, ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Sellersville USA Hiring Software Engineer - Developer
Software Engineer - Developer Location: Sellersville, PA, USA Description: exida is the market leader in Safety Lifecycle engineering software. Our success has allowed us to extend our product offerings significantly. With growth comes great opportunity, we are adding a new development position to our team, and are seeking a talented…
News Item: exida to Present at Procesos de Trabajo Meridium APM – Ciudad México, México
exida’s Mario Gutierrez de la Medina will be presenting at Meridium’s Procesos de Trabajo Meridium APM in Mexico City, Mexico, which will be held September 25-26, 2012.
Blog Entry: People and Risk: The Common Enemy
In today’s modern society there is an increasing demand for “safer” products/systems, which have to meet increasingly demanding standards. The management of “risk” is a major factor in ensuring that a product/system can meet its design objectives, as well as satisfying the required standards and, even more importantly, meeting the…
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