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Blog Entry: Do you believe the numbers?

In a couple of recent projects and discussions, I have come across something extremely concerning. Engineers are very good at performing accurate calculations, and the PFDavg and PFH computations for SIL performance verification are improving in precision all the time. Unfortunately, there is often such a focus on the details…

Blog Entry: Two Billion Hours

When I studied Reliability Engineering in graduate school, I was taught that failure rate data came from field failure studies. I assumed that operating companies always kept accurate records when a piece of equipment failed. I also assumed that someone would investigate the failures and assign a root cause. Later,…

News Item: EXIDA ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF CONTROL SYSTEM CYBER SECURITY CERTIFICATION TO S.A.E.L.

exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services, and certifications has added control system cyber security certification to its Safety Automation Equipment List, the world’s most comprehensive list of safety certified equipment. The new 2010 IEC 61508 safety standard now includes cyber security threat analysis. exida is responding to…

News Item: exida to Present at ISA Automation Week

John Cusimano, exida’s Directory of Security Services, and Iwan van Beurden, exida Director of Engineering, will be presenting at ISA Automation Week , October 17-20, 2011 in Mobile, Alabama. Title: Assessing the Security of Industrial Automation and Control Systems Presenter: John Cusimano, exida, Director of Security Service Description: Threat Modeling…

News Item: exida to Present at 2011 Emerson Global Users Exchange

exida will be presenting at the 2011 Emerson Global User Exchange , to be held October 24-28, 2011 in Nashville, TN. The following exida presentations will be featured: Title: Lessons Learned From Actual Control System Security Incidents and Assessments Presenter: John Cusimano, exida, Director of Security Service When: Wednesday, October…

News Item: exida Launches Certification Section on Their Web Site

exida announces the launch of an in-depth section on their Certification services. The section spotlights exida’s certification of personnel, products, and processes & systems.

Blog Entry: Don’t ignore the operator when searching for root cause

Something was wrong with our washing machine. The wash cycle was longer than normal. The problem seemed intermittent at first, but then it became persistent across all wash cycles. Preliminary investigation revealed the cycle got stuck on spin. Now, I am normally not allowed to operate the washer with real…

News Item: EXIDA ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF KAORU SONODA TO EXIDA JAPAN TEAM

Kaoru Sonoda has joined exida, the worldwide leader in the certification of automation equipment for use in safety instrumented systems, as partner/principal engineer. Sonoda brings more than 30 years of professional experience, most recently serving as Digital Solution Group manager for Yokogawa Electric Corporation. “I am pleased to welcome Mr.…