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Secure Your Industrial Control System with ISA/IEC 62443 – Now Available On-Demand

Secure Your Industrial Control System with ISA/IEC 62443 – Now Available On-Demand

The International Society of Automation’s introductory cybersecurity course is now available online and on-demand! Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Industrial Control System is an online, self-paced course that introduces the globally recognized ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity standard and how it can be used to protect critical control systems.

 

 

 

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Using CIP Security to Strengthen Your Defense In Depth Strategy

Industrial operations are increasingly becoming the target of cybersecurity attacks. There are new devices adding network connectivity as they migrate from traditional fieldbuses and standalone operation. Additional connections are being created between the IT and OT space and machine builders increasingly offer analytics if their machine can be connected to the cloud. International standards for cybersecurity, known as IEC 62443, are being updated and expanded, including requirements for end users, system integrators, and device manufacturers.

 

 

 

Beckhoff USA Hires Steve Rastberger as Northeast Region District Manager

Beckhoff USA Hires Steve Rastberger as Northeast Region District Manager

Beckhoff Automation LLC recently appointed Steve Rastberger as Northeast Region District Manager. Rastberger possesses significant knowledge of automation technology, industry trends and key markets throughout the region, which he will use to oversee sales development of new and longstanding customers.

 

 

 

Graybar Powers Trades with New Scholarship Program

Graybar Powers Trades with New Scholarship Program

There is a labor shortage across the construction trades, and Graybar wants to help. The National Electrical Contractors Association says that 7,000 electricians join the electrical industry each year, but more than 10,000 retire. “With retirement on the horizon for many skilled professionals, the industry is in need of new ways to fill the talent gap,” said Graybar Chairman, President and CEO Kathy Mazzarella.

 

 

 

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EPLAN and Revere Electric Announce Strategic Partnership

EPLAN Software & Services LLC & Revere Electric Supply Co. are pleased to announce they have entered into a strategic partnership, combining EPLAN’s industry leading electrical, automation and mechatronic engineering software with Revere’s world class electrical distribution products to deliver cost effective, efficient solutions to increase customer productivity.

 

 

 

SPE System Alliance: Cross-Industry and Cross-Application Alliance for Single Pair Ethernet Technology

SPE System Alliance: Cross-Industry and Cross-Application Alliance for Single Pair Ethernet Technology

The technology partnership between Phoenix Contact, Weidmüller, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), Fluke Networks, and Telegärtner for the Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) has progressed to create the SPE System Alliance. In this group, leading technology companies from various industries and fields of application have come together to bundle their respective SPE expertise and ensure the target-oriented exchange of this knowledge.

 

 

 

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Allied Electronics & Automation Expands Trusted Supplier Network With Addition of Baldor-Reliance, SCHNEEBERGER & IKO

Allied Electronics & Automation has added more trusted suppliers to its 300-strong network, including Baldor-RelianceSCHNEEBERGER, and IKO International. Products from these brands are available now for shipping to the United States, Canada and Mexico through the Allied website, www.alliedelec.com.

 

 

 

Arc-Flash Knowledge Center

Arc-Flash Knowledge Center

While an arc flash is sometimes used interchangeably with “arc fault”, an arc flash is more accurately defined as the light produced during an arc fault. An arc fault is a type of electrical fault that results from the breakdown of an insulating medium between two conductors where the energy is enough to sustain an arc across the insulator (often air) and can cause extreme amounts of light (arc flash), immense heat upwards of 19,000 °C, and a resulting explosive pressure wave (arc blast).

 

 

 

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Allied Electronics & Automation Expands 300-Strong Supplier Network to Include Amphenol-Anytek, B&B and Others

Allied Electronics & Automation is bolstering its terminal block and synchronous drive application product offerings by adding a full suite of products from Amphenol–Anytek and B&B Manufacturing. The company has also added LOVATO ElectricnVent CADDY and nVent ERICO as trusted suppliers to increase its electrical application and installation offerings.