Walt Boyes' Blog

So we are busily putting together the first issue of the Industrial Automation INSIDER under my managing editorship. Nick Denbow and I are collecting all of the meaningful events, applying our insight and commentary and beginning to assemble the issue. Of course, we'll talk about Schneider swallowing Invensys. We'll talk about Siemens and the new wave of manufacturing. We will … [Read more...] about Some of the topics we'll cover in the February Industrial Automation INSIDER #pauto #automation #mfg

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Wed, 23:56: HART hack doesn't include WirelessHART #pauto #automation #HART http://t.co/MQsIUWxS3R Thu, 09:14: Home � Articles � 2014 � Software that Reduces Maintenance of Multivariable Predictive Controllers Software that... http://t.co/wo0c18tClg </   … [Read more...] about My tweets

According to Joe Weiss and several other experts, it is not likely that the HART hack reported at Digital Bond's S4 conference last week will work with a WirelessHART network. While the "man in the middle" attack reported by Alexander Bolshev does work for wired HART, the joining security of WirelessHART was designed specifically to keep a "man in the middle" attack from … [Read more...] about HART hack doesn't include WirelessHART #pauto #automation #HART

Sun, 12:21: RT @ReadoutSignpost: Insider to Sound Off – analysing automation in 2014 and beyond #PAuto http://t.co/ahZA9SfZjw Sun, 16:53: Review: @Sharon Lee's Carousel Sun http://t.co/j4SSjhr6qj Mon, 10:02: Alarm management is a problem of effort. It's time-consuming. What's the cost of best practice alarm management?... http://t.co/rlepVWJ9BN Mon, 10:06: Inspiring Future … [Read more...] about My tweets