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Emerson opens industrial cybersecurity hub in India

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) opened its newest cybersecurity lab to help manufacturers confidently adopt digital transformation strategies, while protecting the integrity of their plant operations, networks, systems and data. The facility, part of Emerson’s larger global cybersecurity network, reinforces…

ISA launches Global Cybersecurity Alliance

The International Society of Automation (ISA; Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.isa.org), developer of ANSI/ISA 62443 series of automation and control systems cybersecurity standards (adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission and endorsed by the United Nations), has created an open, collaborative…

Hexion and Momentive respond to cyber-attacks

Chemical manufacturers Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com) and Momentive (Waterford, N.Y.; www.momentive.com) announced, separately, that the companies have been responding to cybersecurity incidents. This follows a severe cyber-attack last week targeting Norwegian aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro and a December 2018…

Aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro responds to severe cyber-attack

Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro; Oslo, Norway; www.hydro.com) announced earlier this week that it was the victim of an extensive cyber-attack, which impacted operations in several of the company's business areas. IT systems in most business areas were impacted. Hydro isolated…

Saudi Aramco invests in IIoT blockchain-security firm Xage

Silicon Valley-based Xage Security announced an investment from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saev.com), a subsidiary of integrated energy and chemicals company Saudi Aramco. Xage also welcomes Norman Thorlakson to its leadership team as SVP of Sales and…

Saudi Aramco and Raytheon form cybersecurity joint venture

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Ma.; www.raytheon.com), through its subsidiary Raytheon Saudi Arabia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture  company that will develop and provide best-in-class cybersecurity services in Saudi Arabia…

Saipem identifies cyber-attack on its servers

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) announced the identification of a cyber-attack on its servers. That company says it is collecting all the elements useful for assessing the impact on its infrastructures and…

Intelligent automation brings benefits for petroleum refining, healthcare, finance and more

Intelligent Automation Week (Dec. 3–6; Austin, Tex.; https://intelligentautomationevent.iqpc.com/) brought together representatives from many varied industries to discuss practical applications for artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA), cognitive computing and more. Participating organizations included McDonald’s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…

Cybersecurity: Building Resilience from the Inside Out

Cybersecurity is no longer a far-fetched concept relegated to science fiction or conspiracy theories. It is a major and growing global risk across all industry sectors Given the increasingly central role of digital technologies, data and connectivity, cybersecurity is widely…