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Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

Manufacturers Must Reduce Risk of Upstream and Downstream Supply Chain Attacks

Supply chain disruptions are among the most pressing issues for today’s manufacturers. While geopoli...
Emily Newton Sep 12, 2023 12:38:32 PM

Pressure Measurements for Reliability, Safety, and Cybersecurity

The following blog is in response to Abhishek Sharma’s January 2023 blog, “The Wisdom of Correct Pre...
Joe Weiss Feb 10, 2023 5:30:00 AM

How to Implement Secure, Remote Access to an Industrial Automation System

Remote access to local programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human machine interfaces (HMIs), and o...
Jonathan Griffith Feb 24, 2020 7:42:39 AM

How to Design and Configure Secure Industrial Networks

In today's connected world, securing industrial control systems (ICSs) is more important than ever. ...
Richard Wood Jan 22, 2020 10:42:29 AM

AutoQuiz: What Are the Cybersecurity Risks to a Geothermal Plant?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Oct 25, 2019 9:00:35 AM

IIoT is Approaching the Network Edge for Almost Every Industrial Application

This post was written by Peter Fuhr, PhD, Marissa Morales-Rodriguez, PhD, Sterling Rooke, PhD, and P...
Contributing Authors Oct 23, 2019 9:00:27 AM

Lessons Learned From a Forensic Analysis of the Ukrainian Power Grid Cyberattack

This post was authored by Patrice Bock, with the participation of Jean-Pierre Hauet, Romain François...
Joel Don Sep 23, 2019 9:00:14 AM

Why Industrial Cybersecurity Needs to Start at the Top and Be Embraced by All

Cybersecurity should be a top-of-mind issue with automation professionals and people throughout thei...
Bill Lydon Aug 26, 2019 9:00:16 AM

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