With many manufacturer’s automation systems accessible today through Internet connections, plant managers—trained to think in terms of productivity-must now worry about security. How safe is your ...

Layered security is a well-documented practice that allows an organization selectively to implement multiple layers of security technology for its plant control systems. The technology is applied ...

When it comes to plant security, companies don’t like to admit their mistakes. Often, those mistakes come during a clash of misunderstanding between control engineers and the company’s information ...

We live in an era of boundless innovation, but times have never been more precarious when it comes to security. News of hacks and high-profile data breaches are all too common. According to a ...

House Democrats have put language in their war-spending bill that may reignite a fight over how best to secure chemical and petrochemical plants from terrorist attacks. Industry lobbyists say the $124 ...

"At this point, it's not realistic to expect that a permanent authorization bill will pass Congress by the end of September," Holly Idelson told 400 chemical company security managers and government ...

A new report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) indicates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to improve its oversight of security at the 104 facilities across the nation that contain ...

Prior to the events of September 11, 2001, the chemical industry worried most about malicious vandalism, theft and an accidental toxic release caused by unauthorized people entering a ...

The US nuclear regulator has proposed fining Exelon Nuclear after security guards were caught napping at its Peach Bottom nuclear power plant. A security worker at Tennessee Valley Authority's ...

CHICAGO -- Exelon Corp. said Friday it will replace Wackenhut Corp. with an in-house security force at its 10 nuclear power plants following the discovery earlier this year that guards at a ...

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