Computerized process-control systems run some of the most critical infrastructures in the U.S., such as power utilities, water treatment plants, chemical plants and mass-transit systems. Until ...

Here are some key questions and answers about the Nov. 8 break-in of the control network at an Illinois water utility that resulted in attackers burning out a pump. Some of these answers are based on ...

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems face numerous threats from cybermarauders coming at them from any of a number of directions. Some systems could suffer malware attacks even ...

Utilities that are replacing their aging remote terminal units (RTUs) and SCADA systems are doing so to ensure system reliability, improve usability and enhance future scalability – taking advantage ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. The threat landscape facing companies in ...

City of St. Helena. A failing computer knocked out the plant’s Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition system, stripping ...

Today’s top manufacturers, particularly the upstream oil and gas companies, got to where they are today by leveraging data and business analytics to get ahead of competitors. So how quickly can your ...

15 April 2011 Ahmed Al Harrasi, Head of SCADA Control and Automation Support at Oman Gas Company (OGC) talks exclusively to MEPIPES about OGC's SCADA system. In an exclusive interview with MEPIPES, Mr ...

Maintaining multiple SCADA systems across an enterprise can increase the costs and risks associated with automation software as well as making it more difficult to drive visibility and collaboration.

One of the largest electric cooperatives nationally, Berryville, Arkansas-based Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation, faced an ongoing challenge of efficiently managing its large and ...