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Book: CFSE / CFSP Study Guide
This 120+ page study guide from exida explains the application and testing process, the knowledge areas covered, as well as numerous sample questions and answers for self-evaluation before taking the CFSE/CFSP exam. (Soft Cover—published by exida.com, L.L.C.)
News Item: Paper presented at the ISA Safety & Security Symposium
exida’s Todd Stauffer presented a paper at the ISA Safety & Security Symposium entitled “ Get a Life(cycle)! Connecting Alarm Management and Safety Instrumented Systems”.
News Item: New exida Whitepaper: Accurate Modeling of Shared Components in High Reliability Applications
This paper addresses how to model and evaluate the risk reduction factor (RRF) of safety instrumented systems (SIS) when one or more of the components in the SIS can cause the dangerous condition or hazard that the SIS is designed to protect against. Generally a failure that can cause a…
News Item: exida announces a new functional safety course: IEC 61508 – An Introduction to Functional Safety
This new course is a web optimized version of the proven IEC 61508 training course that provides: A review of major changes in the NEW 2010 version of IEC 61508. An understanding of requirements to develop products that meet IEC 61508 and other functional safety standards. An introduction to probabilistic…
News Item: exida’s Todd Stauffer writes “A standard grows up: The evolution of ISA’s standard ...”
A standard grows up: The evolution of ISA’s standard on alarm management (ISA-18.2) By Todd Stauffer On 23 June 2009, ANSI/ISA-18.2, “Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries” (ISA-18.2), was released. As with many standards, completion of ISA-18.2 entailed significant effort from a cross-functional team of volunteers representing end…
News Item: Safety and Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin Article
An article entitled “Safety and Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin” authored by Eric Byres, PE, and exida’s Director of Security Services John Cusimano, CFSE has been published at Control Global.com. A Weakness in Security Creates Increased Risk, Which in Turn Creates a Decrease in Safety, so Safety and…
News Item: Final Elements and the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 Functional Safety Standards BACK IN PRINT!
The previously out of print exida publication Final Elements and the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 Functional Safety Standards by Chris O’Brien is BACK IN STOCK! This book reviews and explains the application of the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 functional safety standards as they apply to final control elements.…
News Item: Field Failure Data: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
exida Partners Dr William M Goble, CFSE and Joseph F Siebert, CSFE, have an article published at Industrial Automation. Below is an excerpt: Instrumentation & Measurement Field Failure Data: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly High quality data depends on accurate recording of enough information so that assumptions are…
News Item: exida to Sponsor and Present at ISA Applications in Automation Conference
exida to Sponsor and Present at ISA Applications in Automation Conference in Wilmingtom, DE from March 23-25, 2010. This three-day conference features several of ISA’s most popular training courses, a local ISA technical conference with paper presentations on today’s hottest automation topics, a product and solutions showcase, and an evening…
News Item: exida Podcast on the New ISA Standard on Alarm Management
exida is proud to present a series of podcasts focusing on today’s hot topics in the field of functional safety, security, and reliability. EPISODE 1 SAVED BY THE BELL: A look at ISA’s New Standard on Alarm Management Keywords: Alarm Management, ISA Standard on Alarm Management, ISA 18, Alarm Management…