The security of critical-infrastructure processes, long festering as a thorny issue in securing everything from food and water to energy and transportation, will be getting a boost from proposed ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Heavy-industry firms — including energy ...

As utilities get smarter and more connected, the threat landscape for energy systems becomes vaster and more dangerous than ever before. A layered defense should consist of a combination of security ...

SCADA systems are ever more open to security threats – Amol Sarwate explains how to mitigate the risks All around us, critical IT services keep our homes powered, water coming to the taps, and ...

Pipelines, water and wastewater, power and other process industries rely heavily on SCADA systems for monitoring and control. ISA112 standards will focus on cross-industry best practices. Supervisory ...

Critical national infrastructures such as the National Grid, water and other utility networks have SCADA technology at their heart. SCADA-driven systems are typically found in industrial systems such ...

A large number of government agencies and private organizations have SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) or industrial control systems (ICS). The benefits of these technologies come with ...

Computerized process-control systems run some of the most critical infrastructures in the U.S., such as power utilities, water treatment plants, chemical plants and mass-transit systems. Until ...

Electrical utilities have developed converged standards for protecting and managing risks. Is your industry next? It took four years, twice as long as Larry Bugh thought it would, but the nation now ...