Published on 28 March, Amendment 2 (2022) of the IET Wiring Regulations came into effect immediately. It contains both changes and new requirements.
One of the key updates is to Chapter 44 – Protection against…
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Ransomware and what your board may ask you
A blog on the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) website poses the question. “Ransomware: What board members should know and what they should be asking their technical experts”. Knowing the likely…
Why now is a good time to install a UPS battery backup
The UK is fortunate to have a reliable electrical power grid with few outages, which is something we take for granted. However, the UK’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will…
Addressing industrial cyber security in manufacturing
An earlier blog entitled “Hacking attacks on UK manufacturers increasing”, considered why hackers were switching from stealing data to ransomware, this begs the questions of where the organisations should start about ensuring industrial…
Getting the SIL level right for automated systems
A Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is a measure of performance or dependability for systems featuring safety functions. Barry Weller, Product Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at what SILs are…
Securing IIoT deployments is critical
Connectivity is at the heart of Industry 4.0 and IIoT implementations, and securing IIoT deployments from cyber-attacks is critical to this. A successful cyber-attack on an IIoT system can result in the loss of…
Self driving robots collaborate in life sciences
Automation lends itself to the manufacture of mass produced disposable medical devices and the bulk processing of samples. The main reasons for this are speed and repeatability, and removing contamination risks in a clean…
