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Blog Entry: To Be Meaningful & Useful Failure Rates Must Be Validated
Engineers and managers who work with safety equipment have likely seen a failure rate of some kind quoted for the equipment. Some equipment even comes with a safety certification stating the failure rate given certain assumptions about how the equipment will be used. The numbers sometimes turn out to be…
News Item: BS&B Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Relief Valves
Congrats to BS&B Safety Systems. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their BPIV and BPRV Buckling Pin Relief Valves. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
News Item: Wedge Rock Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Actuators
Congrats to Wedge Rock. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their RS Actuators. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
Recorded Webinars: The Importance of Functional Safety Assessments
It’s an interesting fact that many end users and engineering companies that exida has talked to have not or do not undertake Functional Safety Assessments (FSAs). Why is this? Many do not realize and/or understand the true purpose of and benefit of performing FSAs. The IEC61511 standard identifies 5 FSAs that should be performed with two of them being mandatory. Still, even the mandatory ones are not being conducted when they should be. For example, I was asked by one end user if we could quote to perform an FSA 3 (one of the mandatory FSAs) almost 1 year after starting production! For those who don’t know, the FSA 3 should be conducted prior to startup and not afterwards. Therefore, what is the benefit of performing FSAs?
News Item: exida Presenting at IICA event in Australia
The Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) will deliver a series of Technical Presentations by exida and IChemE Safety Centre this September in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. For more information and to reserve your complimentary spot: Brisbane: https://lnkd.in/gxXXdCRm Perth: https://lnkd.in/g9irQqHx Melbourne: https://lnkd.in/g3WhZfFQ
BlackBear Industrial Network Security - BIG9000I Network Device
Achilles in the Security Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Valve Position Monitor
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Trunnion Mounted Ball Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Scotch Yoke Actuator
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Pneumatic Rack & Pin Actuator
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Floating Ball Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - High Performance Butterfly Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories - Security Development Lifecycle Process
IEC 62443 in the Security Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at 2022 Emerson Global User Exchange
exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the 2022 Emerson Global User Exchange to be held October 24-28, 2022 in Grapevine,TX. Stop by Booth #43 during exhibit hours. Also, Iwan van Beurden, exida Chief Technology Officer and Kate Hildenbrandt, exida Product Manager, are among the presenters at this year’s event.…
White Paper: Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Strategies Based on Process Safety Risk Assessment Techniques
Accurately identifying and analyzing potential sources of risk for both process safety (e.g., equipment failure, human performance issues) and cybersecurity (e.g., targeted attack, unintentional mistake) scenarios are core parts of an effective loss prevention program. The recently published CCPS book Managing Cybersecurity in the Process Industries, A Risk-based Approach discusses…
Blog Entry: Evolution of Engineering Design – Advanced Diagnostics vs Redundancy
I recently studied the design changes made on the T series of old British cars (a hobby) made by the MG Company in England from 1936-1955. Models progressed over that time period including the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF. I noted a strange looking two position switch on the…
News Item: exida Presenting at Hazards Australasia 2022 in Melbourne
exida's Iwan van Beurden and Sam Holden will be presenting papers at Hazards Australasia 2022 25-27 September 2022, in Melbourne, Australia. Hazards Australasia is a leading process safety conference and will be held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne. It shares best practice, latest developments and lessons learned in…
Baker Hughes - Series 496
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: How does the MITRE ATT&CK framework align with Cyber PHA?
With the focus on cybersecurity at an all-time high, risk assessments are being increasingly completed for industrial applications. One of the first steps in the risk assessment process is to specify the methodology that will be used. The IEC 62443-3-2 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment methodology for initial and detailed risk assessment has been commonly adopted for industrial applications. This approach is often referred to as “Cyber PHA” because it follows a similar approach to traditional Process Hazard Analyses already in use in the chemical industries. Another methodology frequently used for cybersecurity risk assessments is the MITRE ATT&CK Framework. This framework focuses on the different techniques that adversaries use to gain knowledge about target systems, gain access to and compromise systems before ultimately achieving their desired impact. This webinar will provide a brief introduction to both approaches and explore the similarities and differences in the appro #cyber aches. Lastly, practical examples of how to combine the methodologies will be provided.
News Item: Video: The Importance of Functional Safety Assessments
It’s an interesting fact that many end users and engineering companies that exida has talked to have not or do not undertake Functional Safety Assessments (FSAs). Why is this? Many do not realize and/or understand the true purpose of and benefit of performing FSAs. The IEC61511 standard identifies 5 FSAs…