Walt Boyes' Blog

Everybody who will admit it agrees that HMI design stinks. Each system is a one-off, based on the DCS or SCADA system you've bought, and it is about as easy to figure out how a process works by looking at the HMI as it is to figure out how to fly when you have already jumped off the cliff. Working with Southern Company, PAS has apparently managed to create a decoupled HMI … [Read more...] about HMI design stinks— PAS tries to fix it! #pauto #automation #hmi @PAS

Wed, 11:22: New Slideshare on Digital Publishing for Authors by Kathy Gill http://t.co/BUsnK4Cajj … [Read more...] about My tweets

Mon, 10:02: The NIST Framework--What Still Needs to Be Done #pauto #security #automation #CIP #NIST http://t.co/p7KVCInmFZ Mon, 10:07: Spitzer and Boyes LLC to produce 2014 ICS Cyber Security Conference #pauto #weisscon #security http://t.co/R4ZD17uKqA   … [Read more...] about My tweets

Joe Weiss has a thought provoking blog post on Unfettered: http://www.controlglobal.com/blogs/unfettered/the-nist-framework-and-what-still-needs-to-be-done/ The issue he raises about benchmarks is a very important one. Without benchmarks, it will be very hard to grade performance against the NIST Framework for Cyber Security. Following the logic a little further, an inability … [Read more...] about The NIST Framework–What Still Needs to Be Done #pauto #security #automation #CIP #NIST

Fri, 08:33: Internet of thing - A Building Operator Using Nest Thermostats Could Gain Great Insights into How Equipment Is... http://t.co/BmkZKE6nEp … [Read more...] about My tweets