By Marcos Blanco The optimal incorporation of SCADA systems into a PV power plant can have a significant bearing on the profitability of a project. Marcos Blanco looks at how the layout and design of ...

The juicy headlines in cyber warfare may center on IT battles between Google and Chinese hackers, but security experts at US Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., are much more concerned about SCADA ...

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems have long served a vital monitoring and control function throughout process industries. Some argue, in fact, that the Industrial Internet of ...

Discussing why pipeline companies might want to design SCADA systems for maintainability, he says, “Missed alarms and downtime can easily lead to spills that cost over $30,000 per barrel of oil in a ...

Download this article in PDF format. When most people think of the Internet of Things (IoT), home automation is what comes to mind. But in terms of complexity, home automation is a simple network ...

The Internet of Things needs technology to connect people to machines and processes. From the operators on the plant floor to the execs in the C-suites, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA ...

As utilities get smarter and more connected, the threat landscape for energy systems becomes vaster and more dangerous than ever before. A layered defense should consist of a combination of security ...

ISA's Standards and Practices (S&P) board has approved a new committee to be designated ISA112, SCADA Systems. This approval follows solid support for the idea from a survey conducted via InTech and ...

Southern California Edison (SCE) has been remote controlling and automating substations since the late 1940s using a combination of single point-to-point supervisory control and single ...

“Hexagon’s partnership with Scada Systems reinforces our mission to deliver a complete design and engineering solution for projects with electrical and instrumentation needs,” said Mark White, Senior ...