The UK is fortunate to have a reliable electrical power grid with few outages, and it is something we take for granted. However, the UK’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will…
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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…
How do XIOT remote sensors work?
One of the unusual features of Telemecanique Sensors self-powered XIOT cloud-connected sensors is they work outside of buildings. Indoor wireless sensor applications are not new, but now users can use them in a field with…
Enhancing IoT security in manufacturing sites
Omron Corporation and Cisco are collaborating to enhance the IoT security of manufacturing sites. Under the collaboration Omron will integrate Cisco’s leading networking and security technology into Omron programmable…
