ISASecure in the Security Automation Equipment List
ISASecure in the Security Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
The Functional Safety Lifecycle as defined by IEC 61511 provides a method to analyze a process then design and implement a safety instrumented system to protect again high risk hazard scenarios. To perform each task effectively requires a good understanding of any analysis or design done beforehand. This webinar focuses on a simple, practical example starting with definition of risk criteria, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL selection and documenting the Safety Requirement Specification (SRS) using the exSILentia Safety Lifecycle Suite.
Congrats to INEOS. exida recently issued an IEC 61511 functional safety certification for their Functional Safety Management System. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
We want our system to work. We're going to do everything we can to make it work properly. If it doesn't work, we want it to fail in a predictable and hopefully safe manner. If the failure modes are predictable, we can design the equipment to be fail safe. That's…
ISO/SAE 21434 in the Security Automation Equipment List
Congrats to RG Group. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their HPU and Cylinder Systems. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
One of the things that automation companies are beginning to do is to plan for cyber hygiene. More and more companies are implementing automation specific awareness training for their employees. They conduct periodic exercises which like sending phishing emails to see who if you respond. They might leave USB devices…
A risk-based approach is key for effectively managing cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems (ICS). It helps to identify critical areas requiring mitigation and focus limited resources on the most critical issues. The ISA/IEC 62443-3-2 standard provides the formal process for conducting these risk assessments in a two-staged approach (initial and detailed). Over the years as exida completed many cybersecurity risk assessments, it became clear that a tool which could efficiently record and export the results of the study was critical to the successful completion of the assessments. To meet this need, the exSILentia Cyber tool was developed as a new set of modules on the exSILentia v4 platform. In this webinar we will demonstrate how the exSILentia cyber tool can be used to improve the effectiveness of the cybersecurity risk assessment process and streamline the reporting process.
In today’s automation systems environment, certain myths continue to persist. For example, “cyber attacks are only a concern for big companies”. Although it may be less likely to be targeted by, say, a nation state attack, we’ve seen that malware can cause a shutdown of a system or trigger a…
How extreme failure-data filtering leads to poor process safety This paper describes both appropriate and inappropriate practices of filtering field failure data (FFD) prior to using the resulting failure count from the failure data to estimate failure rates. The underlying causes of inappropriate (extreme) filtering of FFD are examined, and…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Cybersecurity incidents have shown that there can be major consequences for automation systems. There have been incidences where attackers have been able to manipulate the human resource interface console directly. It was only by chance that an operator in one particular instance happened to notice that his mouse pointer was…
Before you can dive in and look at the core concept of automation cybersecurity, it's helpful to first define it. Automation cybersecurity is the prevention of intentional or unintentional interference with proper operation of automation systems including industrial controls, smart manufacturing, and IIOT systems through the use of computers, networks,…
Sellersville, PA: The global leader in industrial automation cybersecurity services, exida, has launched the self-paced training course CS 002 - Introduction to Automation Cybersecurity for Asset Owners This short course (2 hours) provides an overview of industrial control system 〈ICS〉 cybersecurity for asset owners/operators and system integrators including an overview…
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
exida's Senior Safety and Cybersecurity Engineer , Patrick O'Brien, appears on an episode of the “Lessons from the School of Security Hard Knocks” podcast. Patrick discusses the safety and cybersecurity issues facing industrial systems, the similarities and differences between threat models facing organizations, working on ISA/IEC 62443 and other standards,…
exida will be exhibiting at Valve World Americas Expo on June 7-8, 2023 in Houston,TX, USA. Stop by booth 1706 and say hello. The Valve World Americas event aims to create an interesting and informative conference program as we welcome attendees from around the globe. By bringing the Valve World…