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Recorded Webinars: How is Cybersecurity Changing Process Safety?
Cybersecurity has become a significant and credible threat to process safety. The consequences of cyber-attacks are well understood for business networks (e.g. data theft, ransomware, denial of service), but for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) there is the potential for even more severe consequences because IACS control physical systems in the real world. Case studies will be used to demonstrate how cyber-attacks on IACS can cause damage to equipment, the environment, and safety. This webinar will examine how cybersecurity is impacting process safety, considering the impact of cybersecurity events on traditional strategies for safeguarding and risk assessment, and will also introduce key steps for managing cybersecurity risk.
Recorded Webinars: The Importance of Mission Time, Proof Test Interval, and Proof Test Coverage
The selection of Mission Time, Proof Test Interval and Proof Test Coverage is very important when it comes to the PFDavg achieved by Low Demand SIFs. Oftentimes, people don’t realise the impact Mission Time can have on the PFDavg, especially when considering “Imperfect” Proof Testing. This is why it’s so important to utilize realistic Proof Test Coverage when considering the SIF. There is no such thing as “Perfect” Proof Testing, which indicates being able to find and fix all dangerous failures. These variables must be based upon End User practices and not just arbitrarily set by the SIS designers.
The purpose of this webinar is to illustrate the relationship between these variables and the impact they can have on the overall SIF PFDavg, utilizing a simple example.
What you will learn?
- What is Mission Time
- How Proof Test Interval and Coverage Interplay with Mission Time
- How imperfect proof testing and Mission Time impact PFDavg
- Why Mission Time and Proof Test Interval are End User defined
- How Mission Time interplays with Useful Life
SHINKAWA Sensor Technology Inc. - VM-7B Monitoring System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: How Does Mission Time, Proof Test Interval and Proof Test Coverage Impact PFDavg?
Oftentimes when this comes up during class it’s clear that there’s a misunderstanding as to how these three variables can impact the PFDavg calculations. Mission Time is defined as the period of time over which a set of Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) equipment is expected to operate without major overhaul…
GE Vernova Power Conversion & Storage - SeaStream Dynamic Positioning System
IEC 62443, IEC 62443-4-1, ISASecure in the Security Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: From exSILentia® to SILstat™ – A Seamless Transition
Looking for a way to manage and maintain your operation and maintenance data, but don’t know where to start? Are you already using exSILentia® for your safety lifecycle task needs? If so, SILstat™ offers a simple way to transfer exSILentia project data and build your database . SILstat is exida’s…
VEGA Grieshaber KG - VEGAPULS 6X
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
EAYUAN Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. - Ball Valves, Gate Valve and Check Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Emerson Intelligent Platforms LLC - Secure Development Process
IEC 62443-4-1 in the Security Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Easy to Navigate – The Intuitive Data Structure of SILstat™
While using different safety system management platforms, it is essential to keep system and device data properly arranged between platforms to ensure efficient data management. This can be difficult, but not with SILstat™ . exida’s latest product launch, SILstat, is designed to provide users with a tool to manage and…
News Item: Three Pillars of Process Safety: Catch exida’s Experts at Hazards 35 in Birmingham
exida, a global leader in functional safety, cybersecurity, and alarm management, is participating in the upcoming Hazards 35 Process Safety Conference , set for November 4–6, 2025, in Birmingham, UK. As a Silver Sponsor and exhibitor, exida is reinforcing its commitment to advancing process safety best practices by sharing critical…
News Item: exida Automotive Symposium 2025: Where the Future of Automotive Safety and AI Meets the Bavarian Alps
Join us from October 27-29 for the premier event in Automotive Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and AI: the exida Automotive Symposium 2025 . This isn't your typical conference. We're gathering in an enchanting mountain village in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, an extraordinary setting designed to spark creativity and collaboration.…
News Item: Catch exida at CRA-Conf & CySecMed 2025 in Munich: CRA Compliance and Medical Device Cybersecurity
exida experts are headed to Munich, Germany for a week of presentations at two key conferences, CRA-Conf 2025 and CySecMed 2025 . Don't miss the chance to learn from our specialists on October 14-15! Here's a look at what we'll be presenting: CySecMed 2025 Title: From Risk to Reality: Strengthening…
Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd. - SHANHAI-S30FP TrustEngine (TE-900 / BENDIAN)
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. - Qualcomm Automotive Module QAM8255P
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. - Qualcomm Automotive Module QAM8775P
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Process Safety & Functional Safety: A Tale of Two Disciplines
Do you really understand the difference between “process safety” and “functional safety”? This webinar will clear up the confusion as it applies to high-risk industrial environments such as chemical processing, oil and gas, and power generation. We'll start by exploring the key standards and guidelines that govern each discipline.
We'll then dive into a detailed comparison, reviewing the similarities and crucial differences between these two safety methodologies. The goal is to provide a clear understanding of how organizations can effectively integrate both process and functional safety strategies to manage hazards, prevent incidents like fires, explosions, and toxic releases, and ultimately create a more robust safety culture. Join us to learn how to correctly identify and apply these distinct but complementary disciplines for a safer operational environment.
White Paper: Unlocking FMEDA Efficiency: How a Few Components Dominate Failure Rates
This whitepaper tackles a major challenge in safety product design: the task of performing a detailed Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis ( FMEDA ) on products with a vast number of components. It demonstrates a practical solution by applying the Pareto principle (the 80/20 rule), which allows designers to…
White Paper: Beyond the Weakest Link: Designing for Reliability with Smart Capacitor Management
This whitepaper explores the critical role of the electrolytic capacitor as the “weakest link” in a product's useful life. It details how environmental factors, specifically thermal and voltage impacts, can significantly reduce a capacitor's longevity. By applying appropriate derating techniques, designers can mitigate these effects and extend the product's useful…
Recorded Webinars: Designing for Functional Safety: A Developer’s Introduction
Welcome to your essential guide to functional safety, tailored specifically for product developers. In a world where technology is increasingly integrated into every aspect of our lives—from industrial robots to autonomous vehicles—the potential for harm from product malfunctions makes functional safety not just important, but critical.
This webinar cuts through the complexity to provide a clear understanding of what functional safety truly entails and why it's critical for product success. We'll start by defining functional safety not by its often-confusing official terms, but as a structured methodology for managing risk through defined engineering processes, essential product design requirements, and probabilistic analysis. The “north star” goals? To ensure your product not only works reliably but, if it does fail, it does so in a safe and predictable manner.
We'll dive into two fundamental concepts: the Safety Lifecycle, a detailed engineering process focused on design quality to minimize systematic failures, and Probabilistic, Performance-Based Design using reliability metrics to minimize random hardware failures. You'll learn about IEC 61508, the foundational standard for functional safety, and how numerous industry-specific standards derive from it.
The webinar will walk you through the Engineering Design phases: analyzing hazards and required risk reduction, realizing optimal designs, and ensuring safe operation. We'll demystify the Performance Concept and the critical Safety Integrity Level (SIL), explaining its definition, criteria (systematic capability, architectural constraints, PFD), and how it relates to industry-specific priorities.
Discover key Design Verification techniques like DFMEA/DDMA and FMEDA, emphasizing how these tools help identify and address problems early in development. We'll detail the FMEDA technique showing how design decisions directly impact predictions like safe and dangerous failure rates, diagnostic coverage, and useful life. Finally, we'll cover Functional Safety Certification, explaining its purpose, process, and what adjustments to your development process can set you up for success.