Video Essay on Security, Safety, At Risk Behavior
Here is my latest video essay taking off from the BP oil rig safety disaster and the worm that attacked Siemens' HMI/SCADA software.
Automation, Productivity and Manufacturing Jobs
Retired packaging engineer and OMAC leader, Keith Campbell, has returned from his sailing vacation to post a couple of comments about packaging. First, he predicts that good times are ahead for packaging machinery. Why, especially in this still stagnant economy?...
Why Geeks Love Inception
I just saw this essay--Seven Reasons Why Techies Love Inception (the movie, of course). I saw it last week. Even though I'm not a Leonardo fan, I loved the movie. For all the seven reasons--especially number two 😉
Automation Conference Second Season
The late summer and fall conference season is about to take off (I'd say heat up, but it's been almost as hot in Ohio as in Austin, where I'll be in 10 days). If any of these appeal to you, there is still time to register. See you there. Don't forget to shout out if...
Another Milestone for WirelessHart
The Hart Communication Foundation has announced that the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has approved the WirelessHart specification as a European National Standard (EN 62591). CEN released the standard to CENELEC, the European Committee for...
Safety and Security in Automation
We're still getting more thoughts and information from the virus that hit a Siemens WinCC customer. When you add that to the continuing revelations coming from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig, and it's been a summer of safety and security. I put both in the...
Siemens Update
What an unfortunate situation where someone is exploiting a hole in Microsoft Windows, but the target happens to be using a software product from Siemens. But you have to give Siemens a ton of credit. A team of experts immediately jumped into the muck. They've found...
Siemens Security Update Some Good News
I just received an update from Siemens Industry. Right now, the target appears to be Siemens (my guess is a particular target of "industrial espianage" but who knows). I would caution everyone, though to read this and take the steps to ensure you're not introducing...
Social Media, Safety, Change, Jobs
The Siemens PLM social media team kept going long after the conclusion of their event. Here's one of the wrap-up blogs. Have you noticed the changing sections at bookstores lately? Over the past 18 months or so, I've noticed that the once huge computer sections have...
Latest Siemens Statement on Malware
Just in from Siemens Industry: "Siemens was notified about the malware program (Trojan) that is targeting the Siemens software Simatic WinCC and PCS 7 on July 14. The company immediately assembled a team of experts to evaluate the situation and is working with...
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