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E DITORIAL N OTE
Cybersecurity is all about knowing things
I f nothing else, cybersecurity concerns remind
us of knowledges value. Quantitatively speaking,
that value is only hinted at by all the money com-
panies are spending for better cybersecurity, not to
mention the bitcoin ransoms some already have paid
to malefactors. According to SonicWall, by the end of
2016s first quarter, companies had paid about $209
million in response to rapidly proliferating ransom-
ware attacks.
Enterprise Strategy Groups annual IT-spending inten-
tions research based upon a global survey of nearly 650
IT and cybersecurity professionals found that just over
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half of organizations plan on increasing IT spending
overall this year. At the same time, 69% said they are
increasing spending on cybersecurity. Further, 48% will
make their most significant cybersecurity investment in
cloud, 39% in network and 30% in endpoint security, as
well as 29% in security analytics.
The cybersecurity strands knot at the intersection of
human and computer knowledge. Networks handle mil-
lions of data points, but arent context-aware enough to
always know to whom access shouldnt be granted. Hu-
mans contextualize like mad, but then misread an email
when rushed and click when they shouldnt.
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Cybersecurity risk spikes

with mingling of operations
and IT technologies
Resources available to learn about cybersecurity frameworks;
receive alerts, advisories and reports

A
s a technology concept,
the term Industrial Internet
of Things (IIoT) denotes,
among other things, the ongoing
proliferation of intelligent sensors
and better means-to-
connectivity. These devices and
means are then used in the
control and management
connectivity will include a combina- incidents. Remote cybersecurity attacks
tion of wireline and wireless technol- were reportedly used to cause the
ogiesrather than being hardwired 2008 explosion of a pipeline in Turkey.
and linear. Increasing digitization of In December 2015, the first successful
operations technology delivers ben- disruption of a public energy grid oc-
efits, Including improved productivity curred in Ukraine when attackers used
and more reliable energy supplies. a spear-phishing campaign to obtain
administrator credentials, then
remotely accessed the SCADA

of a wide variety of indus-
trial assets throughout the
energy sector, including in
midstream oil and gas and
electricity transmission.
Responsibility for U.S. federal gov-
ernment functions related to indus-
trial cybersecurity is spread across
network and halted electric-
ity distribution. The resulting
blackouts affected more than
230,000 customers.
Also in 2015, a major

IIoT-enabled technologies
not only enhance the ability
several departments and agencies.
to monitor asset-
performance in real-time,
they also enable management of
SCADA from remote locations. In
past, industrial-control systems (ICS)
were separate from corporate IT
networks. Today, precursors to, and
the growing prevalence of, IIoT blur
the lines between at-the-process
technologies and IT, creating new
vectors of cybersecurity exposure
and increased threat vulnerability
wherever PLCs, SCADA, and ICS are
installed.
As these operations systems are
adapted to an open-standard, digital- global energy industry has already
age IT infrastructure, enhanced
reconnaissance and data
exfiltration attack targeted
the American natural gas
and geothermal electricity
Unfortunately, it also makes it eas- company Calpine Corp. Attackers
ier for malicious actors to hack into operating from IP addresses in Iran
operational systems and remotely delivered a Trojan that established
control, or cause catastrophic dam- remote access to the companys
age to, critical energy infrastructure. networks, including its operations-
Alternatively, hackers can surrepti- technology environment. The hackers
tiously access operations systems to made off with more than 19,000
quietly gather data from within an files, including drawings that detailed
ICS, which can later be shared with the energy companys network archi-
bad actors. tecture; the devices used to manage
gas turbines, boilers and other critical
The growing threat equipment; and a mapping of data
The threat is not hypothetical. The flows between facilities around the
country and Calpine Corp.s cloud
experienced a number of significant environment.

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 Even more recently, in 2016, the standards, guidelines and
U.S. Justice Department revealed practices to promote the SCADA defined
that Iranian operatives used a cel- protection of critical infra-

lular modem to compromise the
command-and-control system of a
dam in Rye, N.Y. Finally, in an alarm-
ing warning delivered in Decem-
ber 2016, United Nations Deputy
Secretary-General Jan Eliasson spoke
of the growing threat of potential
hacking attacks targeting nuclear
power plants.
While cybersecurity attacks in any
industry can cause disruption or dam-
age that costs money for businesses
and individuals, a cybersecurity attack
that compromises SCADA in the
energy sector can be disastrousand
deadly. For this reason, the security
measures developed in other indus-
triessuch as virtual private net-
works (VPN), firewalls and antivirus
technologiessimply are not sophis-
ticated enough to prevent advanced
S
structure.
upervisory control and data
The U.S. network of oil
acquisition (SCADA) implies a
and gas transportation
highly configurable set of indus-
and distribution pipelines
trial software applications that can
is the purview of the same
be used to support management of
Transportation Security Ad-
almost any form of process produc-
ministration responsible for
tion or discrete manufacturing, as
security in the 440 airports
well as processes in oil and gas,
of the United States. Oil
mining and other heavy industries.
and gas pipeline managers
SCADA is a platform technology
can look to the cybersecu-
used to control and supervise many
rity recommendations in
types of industrial processes but also
the Transportation Security
to optimize complex coordination of
Administrations Pipeline
operations, including with business
security guidelines.
partners.
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
(FERC) is an independent agency that not create incentives for the con-
regulates interstate transmission of tinual improvement and adaptation
electricity, natural gas and oil. The needed to respond effectively to rap-
idly evolving threats.

cyberattacks that specifically target
industrial-control systems in the
energy sector.
Securing todays energy infra-
structure requires a combination of
sophisticated cybersecurity frame-
works, training and software solu-
tions specifically designed to address
the unique threats our industries now
In addition, The SANS Institutes
Machine learning enables CIS critical security controls provides
guidance for implementing cyberse-
industrial cybersecurity curity and risk management programs
solutions to dynamically specifically for critical infrastructure.
The SANS Institute was established
map the entire network in 1989 as a cooperative research
and education organization. It says
and learn industrial it is the largest source in the world

face in the digital age.
Information sources
As you might imagine, respon-
sibility for U.S. federal govern-
ment functions related to industrial
cybersecurity is spread across several
departments and agencies. Good
places to start your a quest for more
insight into energy-sector cybersecu-
rity include the following:
The Cybersecurity framework
implementation guidance from the
U.S. Department of Energy includes
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processes.
North American Electric Reliability
Corp. (NERC), which FERC has certi-
fied as the nations electric reliabil-
ity organization, has developed
critical infrastructure protection (CIP)
cybersecurity reliability standards for
electric smart grids.
Note that while these standards
are a good place to begin, follow-
ing their recommendations is in no
way mandatory. Moreover, they do
for information-security training and
security certification in the world.
Besides the adoption of frame-
works, energy-asset owners and
operators should develop appropriate
supporting management practices,
including employee training, perfor-
mance tracking metrics and business
intelligence related to their cyber-
security program.
Cultural aspects of security
Energy companies must develop
a risk-management culture that
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focuses on identifying and prevent-
ing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This
can be done in much the same way
a culture for identifying and elimi-
nating threats to physical safety of
individuals and infrastructure was
developed in the U.S. and Europe
in the past. The cultural aspects of
security are especially a matter of
concern because employees are one
of the weakest links in cybersecurity.
The cause of many, if not most, intru-
sions is that individuals unintention-
ally provide systems access to hackers
by falling victim to spear-phishing
campaigns in which malicious email
attachments are opened, or laptops
or USB drives are inappropriately con-
nected to networks.
Employees at every level of the or-
ganization, from the executive suite
to engineers to operators, should
receive ongoing cybersecurity train-
ing tailored to their job role. Those

Ransomware proliferation spurs increase

in cybersecurity attacks

A
recent Booz Allen Hamilton briefing con-
firmed that spearphishing remains the pri-
mary method of cybersecurity attack. It was
the initial attack vector for Operation Clandestine
Wolf, one of the largest industrial control system
(ICS) attack campaigns [of 2016], as well as attacks
on a German steel mill and Ukrainian electricity
distributors, the two most destructive attacks dis-
closed [in 2015], stated the Booz Allen Hamilton
Industrial Cybersecurity Threat Briefing.
For 2015 and 2016, even though many intrusions
went unreported, it is known that at least 15 major
industrial incidents occurred. While there as yet
no reported ransomware attacks on ICS, vulner-
ability has been a well-known fact for more than a
decade. The difference today is that the availability
of bitcoin digital currency allows criminals to finan-
cially benefit from attacks. As businesses and other
possible ransomware targets become more difficult
to penetrate, attackers may turn to industrial-
control systems as easier targets. Operators should
install intrusion-monitoring systems to alert them
if the digital forays of attackers penetrate process-
control networks.
By way of enterprise
The penetration of control networks by way
of enterprise networks is also on the rise, Booz
Allen confirmed, basing its conclusions on a
study by the Department of Homeland Security.
While enterprise-intrusion remained low, at 12%
of reported incidents in 2015, during that time
the number of intrusions attempted by way of
enterprise networks increased by 33%. The total
number of incidents reported by control operators
rose by 20% in 2015.
Attacks on control systems can lead to tan-
gible impacts, said Booz Allen, making them
choice targets for attack. Instead of simply en-
crypting files to make them inaccessible, as can
happen when a business is attacked, ransomware
attacks on ICS could disrupt operations or prevent
access to an asset.
The incorporation of ransomware into exploit
kits facilitates a profitable build-once, infect-many
approach, Booz Allen said. It has led to a veritable
army of attackers, ensuring massive infection
rates. Infections for some variants were estimated
at 90,000 machines per day in February 2016,
according to Forbes magazine. In fact, per the
Cryptothreat Alliance, between January and Oc-
tober 2015 an estimated $325 million in revenue
was generated from just one variant, Cryptowall
version 3.0.
The undocumented past
The problem is only compounded, Booz Allen
pointed out, when ICS are older and not restorable
from backup. It also may be difficult to obtain a
clean version of system software and configura-
tion settings. Access to the system itself may be
difficult, and there may be a shortage of trained
personnel for the restoration.
Frequency and severity of ransomware infec-
tions on ICS networks are likely to increase, the
report concluded.

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responsible for operations technol-
ogy, the operators and engineers,
must be equipped with the knowl-
edge needed to identify and address
threat vectors. Energy companies
must make these individuals their
first line of cyberdefense.
Energy-asset owners and opera-
tors can leverage the SANS Insti-
tutes global industrial cybersecurity
professional certification program,
which trains ICS operators how
best to recognize and react to
cyberattacks. The U.S. Department
of Homeland Securitys Industrial
Control Systems Cyber Emergency
Response Team (ICS-CERT) also
provides both in-person and online
training courses.
For the energy sector
Energy companies must architect
their systems to minimize exposure
to the possibility of bad actors
accessing systems from a remote
location. Threat-detection tools
specifically for industrial networks
in the energy sector are available.
Unlike general-purpose IT security
solutions, technologies purpose-
built for the industrial energy sector
can help identify security incidents,
malfunctions or misuse in the
industrial-process network, service
disruptions, anomalies in the ICS
and other relevant parameters.
Important features to look for
in cybersecurity solutions include
machine learning, the ability to be
fully passive, and the ability to pro-
vide situational awareness. Machine
learning enables industrial cyber-
security solutions to dynamically
map the entire network and learn
industrial processes, such as what
each PLC touches, whether these
be control valves, switches, actua-
tors or other.
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Armed with this knowledge, a
cybersecurity solution can identify
in real-time if something out of the
ordinary is occurring during the
normal industrial-process cycle. The
ability to be fully passive means
Simply creating an alert
about an atomic event
or anomaly without the
proper situational con-
text will not provide
operators with the in-
sight they need.
that a solution should be non-
intrusive, requiring zero downtime
and zero interruption to the exist-
ing industrial-control network to
install, setup, learn and monitor the
network.
Important for cybersecurity solu-
tions in the energy sector is the abil-
ity to provide situational awareness
to specific security incidents. With
an increasing number of sensors and
digital technologies throughout our
energy infrastructure, operators can
be overwhelmed by a deluge of data
originating from multiple systems.
The reason for this is clear. Simply
creating an alert about an atomic
event or anomaly without the proper
situational context will not provide
operators with the insight they need
to make decisions that allow a quick
and appropriate response.
Cybersecurity solutions can corre-
late individual anomalies into threat
events and present to operators and
engineers perceived threat levels and
the context needed for appropriate
action to avoid service disruption,
damage or downtime.
Cybersecurity threats to ICS are
increasing and evolving as the propa-
gation of digital-driven IoT technolo-
gies in the energy sector continues to
grow. By making our critical infra-
structure more secure and resilient
through the adoption of detailed
cybersecurity protocols, educational
programs and solutions designed
specifically for the critical infrastruc-
ture in these energy sectors, com-
panies can minimize cyber vulner-
abilities and better protect industrial
infrastructure against the new threats
that come with ever-increasing indus-
trial digitization. IIoT
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken Hans is a vice president with
Trellis Energy, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Blackstone Technology
Group, a technical and management
consulting firm. Through Trellis En-
ergy it provides technology solutions
for midstream oil & gas, as well as
for electricity grids.
MORE
INFORMATION
U.S. Department of Energy; Office of electricity deliv-
ery and energy reliability; Energy sector cybersecurity
framework for implementation guidance
www.energy.gov/oe/downloads/energy-sector-cyberse-
curity-framework-implementation-guidance
Sans Institute; CIS critical security controls
www.sans.org/critical-security-controls
Transportation Security Administration (TSA);
Pipeline security guidelines
www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/tsapipelinesecuri-
tyguidelines-2011.pdf
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
and North American Reliability Corp. (NERC)
www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/reliability/
cybersecurity.asp
Dept. of Homeland Security, Industrial control systems
cyber emergency response team (ICS-CERT). The site
includes mechanisms so interested parties can receive
alerts, advisories and reports.
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/
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Smart devices make the
difference when determining
shutdown causes
Succeeding generations of technicians, and technologies, change plant-floor diagnostics
A
process shuts down
unexpectedly. A plant tech-
nician is called to find and
fix the problem. No one witnessed
exactly what happened. The techni-
cian must therefore systematically
inspect the equipment involved. He
or she might restart the process,
hoping to make it repeat the fault
condition. However, numerous
components are involved. Applying
diagnostic tools to any one of them
is time-consuming, and the techni-
cian typically can focus on only one
process component at a time.
Todays Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT), including wireless smart de-
vices, can help rectify the situation.
The technologies involved do so by
giving technicians quick access to the
right information. They can quickly
determine what equipment was not
involved, reducing troubleshooting
time. In addition, smart, connected
devices deliver real-time informa-
tion during a process restart. These
valuable diagnostics were virtually
unavailable or financially impractical
on factory floors until recently.
What makes this an urgent topic
is that maintenance budgets are
under pressure even as population
demographics indicate our most
experienced and skilled technicians
and engineers are near retirement
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or already retired. Those taking their
places may know the latest software
tools, but how good is their under-
standing when it comes to the best
way to diagnose a failed or failing
motor or pump?
Wireless and other
IIoT technologies can
deliver real support to
troubleshooting efforts,
to view the relevant data. Theyre
matching emerging
technologies with a
new generation of
technicians.
In these circumstances, wireless
and other IIoT technologies can
deliver real support to troubleshoot-
ing efforts, matching emerging
technologies with a new generation
of technicians.
Purpose of convergence
It has been widely remarked that
operations technology and information
technology (IT) are converging. Tools
being used on plant floors today re-
flect that. For traditional operations
peoplemany of whom have been
around for as many as 30 years
the primary tools are the voltmeter,
ammeter and oscilloscope. These
individuals have the skills and quali-
fications to enter a live panel and
work in it safely.
Those from an IT background, on
the other hand, have a modus ope-
randi that tends more to plugging in
an Ethernet cable and going back to
the office, or using a smart phone,
probably not very comfortable get-
ting into live equipment, nor do they
have the experience with the tools
that the previous generations used
regularly. Yet trends indicate these
people will be be responsible for
maintenance in the future.
Although wireless monitoring is
useful, its most useful when inte-
grated into an asset-management
system. However, at the same time,
tethering a smart device to the
asset-management system can be a
challenge, because locating data for
a given component or sensor requires
going to a dedicated terminal. For
troubleshooting, its better to have
access to the asset-management
data from the plant floor, without
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recourse to a dedicated workstation
being necessary.
An example of a smart device that
can prove very useful, if not tethered
to the asset-management system
workstation, is a motor-protection
relay. A motor-protection relay moni-
tors for multiple faults, including
overloads, underloads, undercurrent,
current imbalance, phase loss, phase
reversal, overvoltage, under-voltage,
voltage imbalance, rapid cycling/
jog, contactor failure, zero-sequence
ground fault and motor overtemper-
ature. Most motor-protection relays
have a networking connection that
allows their use with Modbus, De-
viceNet, Profibus, Ethernet or some
other network standard.
Even short-range wireless con-
nectivity allows a plant-floor tech-
nician access to all appropriate
data, including the fault history, for
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example, from the motor-protection
relay. Technicians also have access
via a smartphone application to all
associated information in the cloud,
including manuals, datasheets and
the like.
Data needs context
Like IIoT itself, Big Data is use-
ful as a concept because it reflects
the growing power of information
technology in industrial-operations
environments. As a term having a
certain currency, it is part of the real-
ization that a lot of the process data
we already have in hand or which
we can easily acquire will now cost-
effectively be put to good use.
Data, however, is of little use to
a factory-floor technician unless its
properly filtered and context pro-
vided. In todays world, a technician
might spend hours or days sifting
through normal readings to find
anomalies. This wastes time and is a
negative incentive for any technician
who wants to be productive. The
service person needs data pertaining
to the exception, not the rule.
As an example, lets say in the past
there was a power problem. To ad-
dress the situation the first step was
that someone from a utility company
hooked a logging meter up to the
power system. Once a minute, it
printed out a set of voltages. The
utility company left it logging for
days. Eventually, a representative
would say, Well, everything looks
good to us; heres a stack of paper
that we just printed out; we didnt
see anything wrong there.
All the stack of paper proves is
there were many long hours of
normal operation. The one or two
bad readings in that paper stack that
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it would be useful to know of, may
take some time to uncover.
Storing data in the cloud may be
more convenient and promise better
productivity, but digital records are
often just as poorly utilized as that
stack of paper. We should be very
specific about what we store, and
not just store everything we can,
even if we have the room to do it
and its not expensive. There must
be a purpose behind all of it, and
we must be able to use it quickly
and easily, to our advantage.
A closer look
To see the difference that IIoT and
wireless can make, lets go back to
our earlier example. A cooling pump
quits. The operator calls the mainte-
nance electrician and says, Ive had
cooling pump number-two go down
twice; I reset it and it went down
again. You need to come down
here and figure out whats wrong
with this thing. Weve stopped the
process.
A motor protection
relay is an example of a
smart device that communicates to a
technicians smartphone via a Bluetooth
connection.
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Like IIoT itself, Big
Data is useful as a con-
cept because it reflects
the growing power of
information technology
in industrial operations
environments.
When the electrician walks up to
this equipment, he or she really has
no way of knowing what just hap-
pened. They only know the equip-
ment tripped off, was reset, and
tripped off again. It could be a power
problem, blown fuse, damaged motor
starter, bad motor or pump bearings,
failed motor or any of a host of other
potential problems.
The pump motor has some sort of
electrical protectioneither a simple
overload or, if
the electrician is
lucky, a smart
motor-protection
relay. If the
motor-protection
relay is equipped
with a remote dis-
play, or if the cabi-
net has a window
that allows looking at
the local display, there
may be some indication of
what went wrong. But few
power panels have such win-
dows and most motor-protection
relays are installed without remote
displays. A simple thermal-overload
device has no display at all.
Lacking a remote display, the elec-
trician gathers whatever diagnostic
equipment might be neededvolt-
meter, ammeter or other device.
He gears up with the appropriate
personal-protective equipment,
depending on the arc-flash-hazard
level indicated on the panels
arc-flash warning label. Finally, he
throws the disconnect on the panel
to off and opens the panel.
The electrician then re-energizes
the open panel and resets the relay.
If the motor-protection relay has a
display, the electrician can push the
reset button to bring up the code
for the last fault. If the relay has a
network port, its also possible to
plug in a laptop or tablet and get
the same information.
The electrician restarts the motor,
which runs for a couple of seconds
and trips right back off. He con-
nects a single-phase ammeter to
the first phase and tries to restart.
Finding the current normal, the
electrician goes to the next phase,
and continues until finding a phase
in which the current is not normal.
He inspects the wiring and finds a
conductor thats bad. Hes solved
the puzzle, but it has all taken a fair
amount of time.
The difference IIoT makes
What would happen in the same
situation, if the motor-protection
relay were a smart unit connected
wirelessly? The narrative runs a bit
different. The electrician walks up to
the panel but does not de-energize
it or open it. Instead he pulls out a
smartphone, bring up an applica-
tion and connects the smartphone
via Bluetooth to the pumps motor-
protection relay. The fault history
indicates the device has tripped
twice recently on what is considered
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a contact failure. The electrician
reviews other related information
and sees that during the fault one
of the currents on a three-phase
motor is at zero amps. Clicking on
the information screen produces a
contact-failure message, which
means the voltages are normal but
theres a single phase in the current.
The potential causes listed include
a faulty contactor, motor starter or
motor wiring.
At that point, the electrician turns
off the panel disconnect. Its un-
necessary to put on any protective
equipment because the electrician
wont be working on a live panel.
A quick inspection inside the panel
doesnt show anything obviously
wrong, so the next step is to check
the pump-motor wiring. Opening
the junction box shows one of the
motor terminations is discolored,
indicating damage from heat. After
repairing the bad terminal, the elec-
trician closes the junction box and
re-energizes the panel. Everything
works and the problem is solved.
The motor-protection relay pre-
vented damage to the motor. Use of
diagnostic equipment or work in a
live environment wasnt required. The
electrician found the solution to the
problem quickly without any tools
other than the smartphone in his
pocket and perhaps using a screw-
driver to open the terminal box.
An intelligent motor-protection
relay with a Bluetooth connection
to a smartphone eliminated most of
the work and time required to solve
the problem. It was unnecessary to
look at the fuses because the fault
record showed they werent a prob-
lem. Nor was there indication of an
overload, such as from bad bearings
or something wrong in the motors
operation. The electrician didnt
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Bluetooth beats Wi-Fi on plant
floors, due to range limitations
K
ip Larson, a director of product technology at Littelfuse, says
Wi-Fi, the most-frequent choice for wireless Internet access, is
not as good a choice for plant-floor diagnostics as Bluetooth.
To start, Larson said, It has too wide a range, posing security
concerns. A single Wi-Fi hotspot can have a range up to several
hundred feet. Bluetooth has a shorter range. The smart overload
relay used as an example in the article uses Bluetooth 4.0. Blue-
tooth Low Energy (aka BLE or Bluetooth Smart) Class 2, should
have a range of about 20 meters in open air, and 5-10 meters when
mounted inside a closed metal cabinet. This allows the electrician
or technician to communicate with the relay while standing next
to the motor, but it stymies more distant intruders. In addition, the
relay and the smartphone appication that goes with it require a
one-to-one pairing code, plus password security, for changes.
have to inspect the motor or pump wireless technology such as Blue-
for mechanical problems. The power tooth, combined with data storage
system wasnt to blame, so it wasnt in the cloud, greatly simplifies elec-
necessary to haul out the voltmeter trical maintenance. It also fits in well
and test the power system. with the way the next generation of
Three of five possible problems technicians approach their work. IIoT
were eliminated by having direct ac-
cess to plant-floor fault information. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The key was getting to it quickly.
Best of all, there was no need to Kip Larson is director of product
haul out the manual for the relay technology, electrical business unit,
because that information was readily protection relays, Littelfuse. He has
accessible via a smartphone applica- more than 30 years of industrial
tion that brought up the appropriate electronics product design and ap-
section of the user manual, includ- plication experience. He received a
ing the fault description and its pos- B.S. in electrical engineering from
sible causes. South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology.
Final words
IIoT devices show great promise
for plant maintenance but efforts
will be limited if connections are via
Ethernet or other wired networks, or MORE
if less-than-secure wireless systems INFORMATION
are needed. Use of a short-range For more information, www.littelfuse.com
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SENSING & CONTROLS: SIGNAL PROCESSING
The IIoT opportunity seen from
a signal-processing perspective
Address challenges involving real-time signals exchanged by
I
n future, the process-
production and discrete-
manufacturing industries
increasingly will rely on the Indus-
trial Internet of Things (IIoT) to
improve operations. While there are
many definitions for IIoT, one of the
more common is a distributed net-
work of smart sensors that enables
precise control and monitoring of
complex processes over arbitrary
distances.
A 2016 survey by PriceWater-
houseCoopers revealed that 33% of
leading industrial and manufactur-
ing companies with current high
levels of digitization are projected
to increase their digitization efforts
to 72% by 2020. The survey of
more than 2,000 participants from
26 countries showed that leading
investment areas include vertical
value-chain integration (72%), prod-
uct development and engineering
(71%) and customer access, includ-
ing within sales channels and for
marketing efforts (68%).
Almost 72% of manufacturing
enterprises surveyed predicted their
use of data analytics would improve
customer relationships, and 35% of
companies adopting the European
variant of IIoT, Industrie 4.0, expected
revenue gains higher than 20% over
the next five years. These results
illustrate the growing expectation
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many data-generating devices
that IIoT will be the driver for third
industrial-innovation wave.
But what does IIoT mean from a
signal-processing perspective?
Signal processings role
The IIoT concept includes all the
main characterizing features of the
IoT computing paradigm, including
ubiquitous sensing, data interaction
Even multimedia signal
processing contributes
to IIoT development,
despite appearing to be
a technology quite far
from this domain.
and collection and data analysis.
These functions are enabled by
machines that talk to each other as
they complete tasksin a smarter
and more efficient way than possible
by humans acting alone. Machine-
to-machine communication sup-
ports autonomous communications
among devices. It enables collabora-
tive automation between machines
and intelligent optimization of
industrial processes. Autonomous
machine capabilities enabled by IIoT
culminate in cyber-physical produc-
tion systems (CPPS). In other words,
systems for which the boundary
between what is physical and what
is digital becomes increasingly indis-
tinguishable.
Signal processing plays a critical
role as an IIoT enabler, despite being
overshadowed by other aspects of
IIoT, including the communication
architectures, sensing technologies
and power management involved.
Advanced machine-learning ap-
proaches will support predictive and
prescriptive analytic solutions by
connecting previously stranded data
from smart sensors, equipment and
other assets.
This eases the means to enable
condition monitoring, failure diag-
nostics, efficiency improvement and
downtime reduction. By anticipat-
ing failures, these approaches assist
with continuous improvement at
design and manufacturing levels.
The IEEE Signal Processing Society
(SPS) IoT Special Interest Group
(SIG) promotes the development,
standardization and application of
signal- and information-processing
technologies targeting unique chal-
lenges from emerging IIoT scenarios.
These challenges, among others,
include: analyzing, summarizing
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and protecting real-time signals and
information exchanged by many
data-generating devicesincluding
sensors, machines and robotsand
their corresponding data-processing
nodes.
Focus on the industrial
Significant industrial sectors
impacted by IIoT include process
production, discrete manufacturing,
utilities and oil and gas. However,
these industrial applications also
have relevance in areas such as
smart cities or smart agriculture
domains. The common foundation
of these sectors relies on the basic
integration between information
technology (IT) and operation tech-
nology (OT), enabled by the IIoT.
The IIoT market is estimated to
reach near $124 billion by 2021.
According to Ovum, the more
remarkable investments today are
taking place in industrial settings
such as manufacturing, transporta-
tion and utilities. Automotive and
consumer IoT, as well as ad hoc
IoT-enabled smart-city projects are
emerging. Typical cross-industry IoT
use cases include smart lighting and
smart traffic solutions in cities, intelli-
gent machine applications, condition
monitoring, smart agriculture, and
healthcare. These cases are on the
rise and expected to grow even more
in 2017 under the IIoT umbrella.
As IT and OT converge, IIoT tech-
nology enables more innovative,
on-demand approaches to customer
out-reach. As a result, newand
sometimes unexpectedrevenue
and business models emerge.
Yet despite innovation and increas-
ing awareness about IIoT opportuni-
ties, the industrial sector lags in fully
embracing IoT for reasons as follows:
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Signal-processing techniquesaimed at more efficient radio transmission, communication
protocols and use of the shared radio are important to the success of IIoT technologies.
Courtesy IEEE SPS
 Because long-lifecycle legacy
field devices wont be upgraded
anytime soon, to achieve ubiq-
uitous IIoT the solutions must
be appendages to in-service
products.
 The scaling of vertical IIoT
solutions presents challenges.
 Engineering managers resist de-
ploying unproven technologies.
Energy consumption
Even In its early stages, IIoT has
been used to reduce resource con-
sumption and carbon emissions by
industrial systems. Nevertheless, IIoT
systemsincluding a diversity of
devices with sensing, processing and
communications capabilitiescon-
sume substantial amounts of energy,
which can contribute to a larger
carbon footprint. On the other hand,
IIoT systems typically consist of low-
power devices supported by batter-
ies, which constrain the continuous
operations of IIoT systems.
In the IIoT domain, data collection
relies heavily on massive numbers
of sensor nodes and smart devices.
Thus, optimized IIoT sensing, pro-
cessing and communications may ef-
fectively reduce energy consumption.
Acting as the backbone of IIoT sys-
tems, wireless sensor networks are
the main source of energy consump-
tion. Therefore, signal-processing
techniquesaimed at more efficient
radio transmission, communication
protocols and use of the shared radio
resourcebecome critical and have a
practical impact. Similarly, the design
of efficient power management
algorithms for systems and nodes
supplied by batteries is essential
to ensuring a long lifetime for the
industrial infrastructure.
Even multimedia signal process-
ing contributes to IIoT development,
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SENSING & CONTROLS: SIGNAL PROCESSING

despite appearing to be a technol-
ogy quite far from this domain.
Multimedia signal processing lever-
ages new technologies, including
gaming, augmented and virtual
reality, 3-D displays and wearable
devices for new workers who must
be trained or those who are already
employed within the production
plant. High-fidelity simulation-based
applications for training, or for real
operation on the plants and their
assets, require extremely efficient
The role of the
algorithms to process multimedia
signals.
They must perform at high speeds
due to the real-time operational
constraints involved; with high preci-
sion in terms of synthetically local-
izing the user into a virtual scenario
reproducing the plant; and with high
responsiveness, due to the very short
delay between the action performed
by the user in the virtual domain and
its effect on the real, physical plant.
Running these immersive simulations
improves learning and aids in devel-
oping skills to deal with unanticipat-
ed plant situations. Workers increase
their confidence in performing the
job functions assigned to them as
well as in dealing with emergencies.
Other simulation applications include
testing and validating new software
and supporting system migration.
Raw and real-time data from
sensors and end nodesand ag-
gregated data from information
sources like intermediate systems
and devices, which can be queried
via built-in capabilitiesfuel the
development of robots capable of

IEEE Signal Processing Society taking specific actions. IIoT becomes

a driver of autonomous decision-
making devices. Such an Internet of
IEEEs Signal Processing Society (SPS) is the worlds premier asso- robotic things, already in place in
ciation for signal-processing engineers and industry professionals. big warehouses, requires develop-
Engineers around the world look to the society for information on ment of extreme machine-learning
the latest developments in the signal-processing field. algorithms to support intelligent
robots that can self-assign tasks and
 The societys deeply rooted history spans almost 70 years, operations and make decisions.
featuring a membership base of more than 19,000 involved Use of IIoT, within a broader
context, will ultimately lead to con-
signal-processing engineers, academics, industry professionals
nected ecosystems that encompass-
and students. es supply chains, factories and all
manner of industrial and commercial
 The purpose of SPS Internet of Things Special Interest Group is
facilities, thus giving the extended
to promote the development, standardization and application enterprise concept a new meaning.
of signal- and information-processing technologies targeting
unique challenges from emerging IoT scenarios that require Signal-processing perspectives
analyzing, summarizing and protecting of real-time signals and Unique signal-processing needs
arise from the IoT ecosystem. These
information exchanged or shared by massive data-generating
include: robust information sensing
devices such as sensors, machines, robots, cars, etc., and their
from complex and adverse environ-
corresponding data-processing nodes. ments using massive connected
sensors and distributed signal pro-
 Examples of unique signal-processing challenges from IoT
cessing; low-power situation-aware
include: robust information-sensing from complex and adverse data-transmission and processing;
environments using massive numbers of connected sensors and and the privacy-preserving process-
distributed signal processing, low-power situation-aware data- ing of information that is shared by
connected things.
transmission and processing and privacy-preserved processing
In IIoT systems, data-transmission
of information shared by connected things.
and its sharing among machines is
critical to the performance of the

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whole system. Therefore, research
and investigations in this area are
gaining interest as new machine-
to-machine standards and protocols
emerge, combined with affordable
sensing and communication mod-
ules. However, due to the complex
system structure and heterogeneity
of hardware and software platforms,
ubiquitous access and interoperable
sharing of the machine-generated
data are still open issues. An under-
lying standard messaging mecha-
nismbased on cross-platform
technologies to support the com-
munication between machinesis
a significant factor in the success of
autonomous industrial systems to
ensure proper quality of the col-
lected data and information.
In April 2016, Morgan Stanley
published the results of a survey
from which data security and
cybersecurity emerged as growing
concerns for organizations rely-
ing on universal connectivity, as is
the case for industrial applications
enabled by IIoT. These environ-
ments typically feature hybrid- and
mixed-connectivity solutions that
range from cellular and low-power
wide-area networks to industrial-
connectivity solutions that require
innovative approaches to data and
communication security, far be-
yond the traditional firewall-based
solutions used in legacy network
infrastructures. In this context, signal
processing helps companies design
new security tools that are IIoT-com-
patible, based on the distributed-
ledger concept at the foundation of
blockchain, or exploiting efficient
and robust mathematical primitives,
such as elliptic curves.
Signal-processing aspects of IIoT
will see increasing adoption in 2017
and beyond. These new manifesta-
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tions might include mobile robots
able to collaborate with humans to
perform complex tasks; wearable
computing platforms for industrial
environments; additive manufactur-
ing; and IIoT technologies that drive
The design of efficient
power management
algorithms for systems
and nodes supplied by
batteries is essential.
increased supply-chain visibility. In
their turn, IIoT solutions will support
a set of flourishing applications, like
asset-monitoring and tracking, smart
grids, digital oil fields and smart
buildings, with an initial focus on
energy management.
Edge-device evolution
Edge devices or intelligent gate-
ways also play a prominent role in
the growing IIoT infrastructure and
these network devices will be used
to collect, aggregate, filter and relay
data close to industrial processes or
production assets. By running analyt-
ics and advanced machine learning
algorithms, they detect anomalies
in real time and communicate to
operators. Therefore, the emerging
trend is to move intelligence to the
network edge, closer to the data
sources. This is also a viable option
when it is not feasible to run analyt-
ics on a cloud platform or when a
cloud-based solution is unavailable.
In IIoT, the edge of the network is
being populated by devices, including
in embedded systems, and by het-
erogeneous communication tech-
nologies that range from Ethernet
connections to wireless and cel-
lular gateways. Protocol conversion
gateways can interface disparate
networks in the framework of the
emerging device-to-cloud integra-
tion trend. Fog computing and
streaming data analytics will lever-
age IIoT to feed any sort of artificial-
intelligence application.
IIoT is going to dominate the evolu-
tion of manufacturing and industry
in the coming years. It will be driven
by the increasingly vanishing bound-
ary between the physical and the
digital worlds. New approaches in
will tackle the many challenges and
opportunities: from data curation and
processing, to advanced and efficient
communication technologies, to ex-
treme machine-learning algorithms. It
is important now for the engineering
community to foster research and
innovation in this exciting field by
supporting actions that highlight the
importance of signal processing, in its
many manifold flavors, for improved
productivity in industrial environ-
ments. IIoT
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susanna Spinsante, PhD, is senior
member of the IEEE and member of
Signal Processing Societys Special
Interest Group on IoT. Shes also an
RTDA (temporary researcher) at the
Universit Politecnica delle Marche,
Ancona in Italy. You can reach
Susanna at s.spinsante@univpm.it.
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INFORMATION
For more information, please go to
www.signalprocessingsociety.com
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IIoT IN THE NEWS
Connectivity server strengthened
in core product offering
Enhanced drivers support IIoT connectivity, bridge operations and IT
K epware announced the re-
lease of KEPServerEX Version
6.1 connectivity software.
The release strengthens the connectivity
platforms core server functionalities that
support operational intelligence and
rapid deployment of Industrial Internet
of Things (IIoT) solutions. Key updates
include an enhanced OPC UA client
driver, expanded API-configuration
capabilities and new connectivity-
mapping features.
The release puts a bow on the
IoT-friendly and enterprise-ready con-
nectivity solutions of Version 6.0,
said Tony Paine, platform president,
Kepware. Our goal was to balance
the productivity demands of our tradi-
tional industrial-operations customers
while developing new features and
functionalities that enable customers
to bridge the gap between operations
and ITand prepare them for emerg-
ing industry needs and opportunities.
The release addresses the industrys
need to produce and analyze diverse
types of data to supply a wider, more
diverse set of client applications, the
company also said.
The newly released version includes
the following:
 OPC UA client driver updates
and new Siemens Plus suite:
Users will have full access to con-
trollers with embedded OPC UA
Servers. Updates to the OPC UA
client driver include support for
OPC UA Nano profile servers as
16 | MAY 2017 IIoT For Engineers
well as complex data types. Pack-
aged with the Siemens Plus suite,
the enhancements provide the
only Siemens-approved method
for third-party communication to
S7-1500 PLCs using optimized
data blocks.
 Configuration API updates:
Customers using the API to
remotely create, read, update
and delete (CRUD) configuration
objects in the server can now
perform these actions on the
IoT Gateway advanced plug-in.
Configuration API has also been
enhanced to support access to
event-log messages without the
configuration client.
 Enhanced KEPServerEX inte-
gration with the ThingWorx
industrial IoT platform: Enables
users with smart, connected
manufacturing applications or
products that leverage industrial
controllers to seamlessly map tags
within the server to properties on
devices connected to ThingWorx.
In addition, the release introduces
the new CODESYS Ethernet driver for
connectivity to devices running COD-
ESYS V2.3. It also features enhance-
ments to 34 key drivers. IIoT
MORE
INFORMATION
For more information: www.kepware.com
 Enhanced SCADA
addresses global
developments
Schneider Electric announced
availability of ClearSCADA 2017,
with location services and integrat-
ed-mapping functionalities. The
driving force behind this product
upgrade was to enhance insight
and control for customers manag-
ing geographically dispersed infra-
structure; particularly those within
the upstream oil and gas, mining,
water and wastewater and power
and utility sectors.
Industrie 4.0 adoption coupled
with broader economic, political
and environmental developments
are rapidly redefining global op-
erations, driving a need to better
standardize technology adoption,
enhance security protocols and
improve predictive-analytic capa-
bilities. These forces impact the
management of remote assets,
critical infrastructure and opera-
tions personnel spread over vast
geographical areas.
The upgrade addresses these
challenges with embedded loca-
tion-based alarming and filtering,
overlaid with real-time weather-
data and GPS mapping. This allows
insight into asset performance,
with alarming and graphical in-
terfaces consolidating and trans-
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forming real-time process data robots to read and respond to HMI
into business-critical information, screens, perform quality inspections
heralding a new era of control in and monitor part status. Analytic
telemetry and remote SCADA dashboards deliver a real-time view MORE
applications. into the status of robots, machines INFORMATION
Location support improves clar- and specific jobs. IIoT For more information: www.tend.ai
ity of asset position and status via
location-based alarming and filter-
ing, with asset locations displayed
on integrated maps. These maps
facilitate selection of online map
sources, ArcGIS map information
or web-map service information.
Active-directory user access allows
central management and permis-
sions through the active directory,
with new user accounts created
automatically on logon. IIoT

MORE
INFORMATION
For more information: http://software.schneider-
electric.com/clearscada/.

 Cloud platform for

robotics released
The company Tend announced
what it said is the first hardware-
agnostic, smart-cloud robotics soft-
ware platform that allows manufac-
turers to remotely control, monitor
and analyze robot and production
equipment performance from mo-
bile devices. The Tend product in.
control makes smart manufacturing
simpler and accessible for companies
of all sizes, allowing control of any
robot, tending any machine, from
any location, the company said.
Through a secure application,
the product allows users to moni-
tor their production lines remotely,
from a simple mobile interface. The
solution allows customers to ex-
tend the flexibility of their existing
automation equipment by enabling
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IIoT IN THE NEWS
 Oji Group implements
next-generation plant
network solution
Yokogawa Electric Corp. an-
nounced that its subsidiary, Yok-
ogawa Solution Service Corp.,
completed installation of a software-
defined networking (SDN) solution
at four paper plants in Japan that
are operated by group companies
of Oji Holdings Corp. This is the
first-ever plantwide implementation
in Japan of SDN, software-based
technology that enables creation of
virtual-network environments.
With conventional plant networks,
network devices such as routers and
firewalls must be installed and con-
figured for each individual applica-
tion, location and facility.
SDN technology enables flexible
implementation of virtual networks
for each individual application,
linking network devices using the
same physical network. This facili-
tates the integrated management,
implementation and reconfigura-
tion of networks. It also reduces the
required number of network devices
and the amount of wiring to be
performed, saving both operating
and management costs. Further, the
visualization of network status leads
to enhanced security. Problems can
be identified, and network operators
can shut down specific segments of
the plant network in the event of an
emergency.
Yokogawa also is providing on a
trial basis a security-management
service that monitors the status and
health of the networks throughout
these plants. While enabling timely
preventive measures that help to
maintain network health, this service
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also ensures prompt actions are taken
in the event of an emergency.
Networks help to create new
value by connecting various types of
devices, but it is essential to be able
to flexibly change their configuration,
quickly respond to surges in data vol-
ume and ensure secure operations.
For the optimal implementation of
IIoT technology, attention is now in-
creasingly turning to the use of SDN
technology in plant IT infrastructure.
This also will help company IT depart-
ments manage the infrastructure in a
more integrated manner.
Capitalizing on its production site
know-how, Yokogawa says it will
continue in its endeavors to introduce
SDN and other cutting-edge tech-
nologies that enable realization of
smarter plant IT infrastructure. IIoT
MORE
INFORMATION
For more information: www.yokogawa.com
 Mesh wireless network
chosen for unmanned
vehicle
Rajant announced that Sharp
Electronics Corp. will use its kinetic-
mesh technology as the wireless
communications infrastructure for
the Sharp INTELLOS automated un-
manned ground vehicle (A-UGV).
The mobility, reliability and scal-
ability of Rajants network were key
reasons for the companys selection.
Its radios, networking software,
military-grade security and cryp-
tography support the autonomous
applications and network infra-
structures of large companies, the
company said.
The outdoor security robot is a
strategic investment for companies
that desire a visible deterrent to po-
tential intruders, as well as an A-UGV
capable of managing repetitive tasks
in dangerous environments, said
Cliff Quiroga, vice president of Sharp
Robotics Business Development.
Capturing video, audio and envi-
ronmental data, and communicating
that to a command-and-control cen-
ter, requires an advanced network.
As a mobile platform capable
of traversing terrain, the A-UGV
can perform outdoor surveillance,
security, safety and maintenance
inspection patrols. Optional features
detect toxicity levels, capture images
and sounds and use so-called light
detection and ranging to measure
variable distances.
The Sharp A-UGV extends the
impact of traditional security forces,
so it stands to reason that it would
require a network infrastructure
capable of supporting continuous
connectivity and real-time com-
munications of sensor and monitor-
ing data, said Bob Schena, Rajant
chairman and CEO. IIoT
MORE
INFORMATION
For more information: www.rajant.com
 Solution released
for the secure use of
USB devices
Honeywell Process Solutions an-
nounced a solution for industrial sites
balancing productivity and cybersecu-
rity demands. Honeywells Secure Me-
dia Exchange (SMX) protects facilities
against USB-borne threats, without
complex procedures or restrictions.
Malware spread through USB devices
used by employees and contractors
to patch, update and exchange data
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IIoT IN THE NEWS

USBs are too convenient to abandon, but
their use needs to be managed. Courtesy:
Honeywell Process Solutions
with onsite control systems is a big
threat. It was the second leading
threat to these systems in 2016,
according to surveys. Uncontrolled
USBs have taken power plants offline,
downed turbine-control worksta-
tions, and caused raw sewage floods,
among other industrial accidents.
Industrial operators often have
hundreds or thousands of employees
and dozens of contractors on sites ev-
ery day, said Eric Knapp, chief engi-
neer for cybersecurity with Honeywell
Process Solutions. Many, if not most,
rely on USB-removable media to get
their jobs done. Plants need solutions
that let people work efficiently, but
also dont compromise cybersecurity
and, with it, industrial safety.
Many plants ban USBs, but bans
can be difficult to enforce and one
that significantly reduces productivity.
Others rely on traditional IT malware
scanning solutions, which are difficult
to maintain in an industrial-control
facility and provide limited protection.
Neither way protects process-control
networks against the latest threats,
nor offers a means to address tar-
geted or zero-day attacks.
SMX is a great example of Hon-
eywells major investments in new
industrial cybersecurity technologies,
products, services and research which
further strengthen our ability to se-
cure and protect industrial assets, op-
erations and people, said Jeff Zindel,
vice president and general manager,
Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security.
With the continued increase in cy-
berthreats around the world, Honey-
wells industrial cybersecurity expertise
and innovation are needed more than
ever for smart industry, IIoT and criti-
cal infrastructure protection.
The solution provides hassle-free,
multi-layered protection for managing
USB security, letting users simply plug-
in and check devices for approved use
in the facility. Contractors check-in
their USB drive by plugging them into
an SMX Intelligence gateway. The
ruggedized industrial device analyzes
files using a variety of techniques
included with Honeywells advanced
threat intelligence exchange (ATIX), a
hybrid-cloud threat analysis service.
SMX client software installed on
plant Microsoft Windows devices
provides another layer of protec-
tion, controlling which USB devices
connect, preventing unverified USB
removable media drives from being
mounted and stopping unverified
files from being accessed. SMX also
logs USB-device connectivity and file
access, providing a valuable audit
capability.
The proliferation of removable
media and USB devices is unavoid-
able, said Knapp. Our customers
have limited resources to maintain
another system, so Honeywell man-

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CFE Medias Global System Integrator Database -18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not even there.
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EPICOR - 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 of malware through removable media
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hilscher - 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 by Windows hosts. Through the
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Inductive Automation - Bellyband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
www.inductiveautomation.com advanced, targeted and zero-day
malware are available. IIoT
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Webcast Two: Take sensing and control to the edge

Thursday, June 8, 2017
This Webcast will focus on how better sensing leads to big data, and how in future, process control will be foundat the process.

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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Connecting complex machinery and equipment to operations and enterprise systems enables machine learning, predictive maintenance
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Webcast Four: How IIoT helps cybersecurity efforts

Thursday, October 19, 2017
Cybersecurity is a threat to enterprises large and small, at risk of being attacked from unexpected sources both inside and outside the
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