The ease with which TCP/IP enables one to connect networks has been a huge boon for the power generation industry. Far-flung operations can be hooked up to the network and controlled remotely. And ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a comprehensive system of hardware and software designed to enable organizations to control and monitor industrial processes. Widely use across ...

NREL researchers have developed interoperable SCADA protocols for PV inverters. Two new sets of codes were conceived to enable legacy inverters, which are inverters that are not capable of providing ...

Industry experts from Emerson, Schneider Electric and Siemens Digital Industries reveal how manufacturers can assess ...

The ISA112 consensus-based technical standard identifies and promotes best practices. When it comes to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, oil and gas industry users and vendors ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a true battleground in the war against cyber attacks. It’s become one of those innocuous acronyms for what is now the most crucial of analytic tools ...

As utilities get smarter and more connected, the threat landscape for energy systems becomes vaster and more dangerous than ever before. A layered defense should consist of a combination of security ...