Gregory Hale, ISS Source

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Cybersecurity September 20, 2011

Report: SCADA systems under siege

A new report details trends that may lead to improvements that will help to protect a system from attack.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Mobility September 20, 2011

Cyber Report: Turning off security for speed

Data breaches and cyber attacks are on the rise and one thing is clear: Developing a strong security posture is mission critical. But what about speed?

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Safety Standards September 20, 2011

DuPont under fire by Federal investigators

Federal investigators said DuPont should examine "all facets of its safety culture" and that could have fixed problems that led to one worker's death at a plant in Belle, WV last year

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Energy Efficiency & Management September 9, 2011

Turbine placement can boost power

Power output of wind farms can increase by up to ten times simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Energy Efficiency & Management September 9, 2011

Safety System: Robots, workers can unite

Robots interact with humans every day in the manufacturing arena, but safety between the two remains an issue. However, a new projection and camera-based system is designed to prevent collisions between robots and humans working together.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Energy Efficiency & Management September 9, 2011

Hanford ‘Adverse to Safety’ according to Feds

The safety culture at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) waste treatment plant at the Hanford site in the state of Washington is “adverse to safety," according to a whistleblower

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Cybersecurity September 8, 2011

U.S., India ink cyber security cooperation pact

The United States and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster closer cooperation and timely exchange of information between their respective government organizations responsible for cyber security

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Plant Automation September 8, 2011

Cracked turbine blade repair bill huge

A routine maintenance inspection ended up being a strong safety play as repairs to PPL Corp.’s nuclear reactors at its plant near Berwick, Pa., will cost the utility $50 million to $60 million, a plant spokesman said.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Energy Efficiency & Management September 8, 2011

Restart of nuke plants in Japan uncertain

Resuming operations at Japan’s 35 nuclear plants depends on safety "stress tests" sometime in the future.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Energy Efficiency & Management September 8, 2011

Smart grid security a top priority

Movement toward the smart grid continues to evolve with North American utilities, but security issues continue to keep executives up at night.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Cybersecurity September 8, 2011

Secure smart grid moves forward

Talk is starting to actually move to action as companies are beginning to make a big push to really make the Smart Grid a secure reality. Sensus, the Raleigh, NC-based company, recently incorporated encryption and key management technologies from IBM

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Mobility July 15, 2011

After iPad plant blast China urges safety

Chinese officials urge companies to reevaluate safety measures in plants across country

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Cybersecurity July 14, 2011

Grid security exercise from NERC

The grid security exercise will test NERC and the electricity industry’s crisis response plans and validate current readiness in response to a cyber incident.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Safety Standards July 13, 2011

Plants safe, but need work

The NRC’s resident inspectors were sent to every U.S. nuclear power plant to examine the plants’ Severe Accident Management Guideline, which should contain or reduce the impact of accidents that damage a reactor core.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 July 12, 2011

Cloud confusion as breaches pile up

According to survey, security remains a top concern for a large portion of cloud users with almost half suffering breaches over the past year

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Safety Standards July 11, 2011

Chevron refinery operational after blast

Despite explosion and four deaths, Chevron plant fully operational

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Safety Standards July 8, 2011

Safety, security still top priorities for Honeywell

Honeywell looks to make the correct decisions to keep plants safe and secure and running continuously

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
Safety Standards July 8, 2011

Defending your safety system

Some of the things the industry learned from Stuxnet were modern industrial control systems/SCADA systems are highly complex and interconnected

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 July 7, 2011

Chinese SCADA software vulnerable

ISS Source reports that attackers could remotely exploit two vulnerabilities found in industrial control system software made in China but used worldwide.

By Gregory Hale, ISS Source