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Recorded Webinars: Pipelines – Are You Really Protected?
As we have read in the media recently, regarding the Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity incident, the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to cybersecurity incidents is very real. However, it is not just cybersecurity incidents that can adversely affect pipeline operators but also functional safety issues too. It is quite alarming the statics regarding pipeline incidents that have occurred over the past 10 years, as published by the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). According to PHMSA, since 2010 there have been 906 incidents that have occurred in pipelines that were installed within the decade, up to 2020. This is compared to the same number of incidents occurring in the same period for pipes installed in the 40 years between 1970 and 2009. Clearly, there needs to be closer attention paid to pipeline safety and security.
From its studies, PHMSA established that the primary cause of these incidents was equipment failure, with leakage being the second highest cause. The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued API 1160 3rd edition in 2019 to cover overall pipeline safety with updates on pipeline mechanics, as well as API 1164 (2009) to cover SCADA cybersecurity. However, is this really, enough or should a more risk-based, performance approach based upon a 3-phase lifecycle, as proposed by International Standards, be adopted?
The webinar highlights some of the issues, concerns, standards involved with pipelines and proposes some further considerations for pipeline safety and security.
What you will learn?
- The current issues with pipeline safety
- What some of the common causes of pipeline incidents are
- What current standards are in place for pipeline safety and security
- How a risk-based, performance approach could help
Who should attend?
- Pipeline SCADA/SIS designers
- Pipeline Operations and maintenance personnel
- Plant Managers and Supervisors
- Pipeline insurance companies
Recorded Webinars: Failure Data Prediction using FMEDA for a Type A electronic device
Every good design engineer is appropriately focused on the tradeoffs between making their design work properly, meeting cost targets, and meeting required standards all while meeting their production schedules. When designing a product, many have learned that product failure rates and modes often must be predicted to meet customer expectations and functional safety requirements. This webinar explains the FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis) methodology for failure rate, failure mode, diagnostic coverage, and useful life prediction. The webinar will also share why the FMEDAx tool has been a “game-changer” for design engineers by executing a real-world application of product development where requirements change through the process, design flaws are caught and last minute changes must be reflected throughout all design deliverable.
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Blog Entry: Operator Response - the SRK Model
Understanding operator decision-making is a good first step in improving operator effectiveness. Operator decision-making depends on the person (their level of expertise) and the situation (how familiar). A popular behavioral model from Rasmussen proposes that operator response can be broken into three levels; skill-based behavior, rule-based behavior , and knowledge-based…
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News Item: exida Article on IEC 61511 Requirements in Latest ISA Intech Focus
An article on complying with IEC 61511 Operation and Maintenance Requirements written by exida's Dr. Steve Gandy can now be found in the May 2021 issue of Intech Focus. This edition of InTech Focus understands that digitalization and innovation are transforming process control and process safety, and how automation professionals…
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Recorded Webinars: Accounting for Batch Operation in SIL verification
Many industrial processes operate in Batch mode, i.e., a process where only limited quantity of product is generated at a time. The on/off behavior of a batch process provides unique opportunities to more frequently test SIF equipment. But how doe you take this into consideration in SIL verification? What is the probability of failure when the process if not running? exSILentia 4.11 introduced the ability to model batch processes directly within the SILver module. This webinar will look at aspects to consider when accounting for batch operation in SIL verification. The webinar will also review some more challenging batch operation scenarios and wasy to evaluate those in more detail.
Blog Entry: Pipeline Safety and Security – Why are we still not prepared?
It’s interesting that I had been preparing a webinar on pipeline safety and security since there have already been numerous incidents reported regarding pipeline accidents and leakage. Now the latest incident concerning Colonial Pipeline and the ransomware attack by Darkside, a so-called extortion group, believed to be operating out of…
Recorded Webinars: How can I use my PHA to Streamline Cybersecurity Risk Assessment?
Many organizations have mature processes in place for evaluating process or machinery hazards in traditional safety risk assessments, but fewer have developed a robust approach to cybersecurity risk assessment. Alignment between safety risk assessment and cybersecurity risk assessment is critical, and the 2016 version of IEC 61511 now requires that a cybersecurity risk assessment be conducted for all Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and connected systems. Fortunately, traditional process hazard analyses (PHAs) have valuable information that can be used to improve the speed and efficiency of the cybersecurity assessment, including corporate risk criteria, potential consequences resulting from control system failures, severity rankings for consequence scenarios, existing mechanical protection layers. With this information organizations can jumpstart their approach to managing cybersecurity risk.
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News Item: Video: Alarm Management - Nuisance Alarms and the Boy Who Cried Wolf
One of the most common and preventable contributors to industrial incidents is an operator failing to respond to an alarm, often resulting directly or indirectly from the presence of nuisance alarms. Nuisance alarms are like the boy who cried wolf. They are meaningless and annoying until they are not. They…