First Aid for Process Security
10/07/11 | ControlGlobal.com
ControlGlobal.com interviews process control engineers at Ergon Refining Inc., Suncor Energy Inc., and Salt River Project's Navajo Generation Station to learn how they are addressing important cyber security issues. With input from other industry players, this article details some of the common obstacles that hinder effective security programs:
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Viruses and cyber attacks are looming. Help from governments and standards is lacking. Some engineers and managers are fighting back to protect their applications and companies. Here's how they do it. What's the present state of process security? Not good. There appear to be numerous looming threats and potential attacks, and not much up-to-date help from U.S. agencies or other governments. Promising standards efforts seem to be lagging or frustratingly unspecific, and many users reportedly don't update passwords, configure firewalls, restrict unfamiliar PCs or data storage media, limit access between IT and plant-floor networks, or take many other basic security precautions. No wonder there seems to be so much worry, fear and panic. |