Last week, Emerson agreed to also fork over $2500 to help pay for the Security Consortium feasibility study, so now we have most of the major vendors, as well as many of the major owner/operators (the end users). We're getting ready to have another ad-hoc steering committee meeting this week at Honeywell User Group, since over half of us are here presenting on various … [Read more...] about Another one joins the club…
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Agnes Shanley, editor in chief of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, one of our sister magazines sent me this note: Posted a little item in our blog on the process control survey, fyi....it's on our web site too, and wondered if you considered it worth blogging about....in any case, here it is.... Take the Process Control Survey … [Read more...] about (no subject)
Twist My Arm, Will You? OK Another Edition of the…
PR Wall of Shame... I just received a note from a PR/event management agency; at the end of the note the following privacy statement was attached: NOTICE: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of … [Read more...] about Twist My Arm, Will You? OK Another Edition of the…
Getting the Security Testing Foundation Started
This morning seven of us met as an ad-hoc working group to get Johann Nye's proposal we discussed on Monday for a security testing consortium or foundation off the blackboard and onto the street. Present were: Eric Byres, Wurldtech Analytics Joann Byres, Wurldtech Analytics Johann Nye, ExxonMobil Kevin Staggs, Honeywell Ted Angevaare, Shell Dan McDougall, Shell Walt Boyes, … [Read more...] about Getting the Security Testing Foundation Started
Some bad news for wireless proponents
Dennis Holstein presented data from a Newton-Evans study on wireless use cases in the electric power industry, the results of which should dishearten anybody who has hopes of their being a quick and large market for industrial wireless products (at least in the electric power SCADA market anyway). … [Read more...] about Some bad news for wireless proponents
