Nov 29,2016– The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing phenomenon, where several thousands of devices such as webcams, CCTV cameras, displays, switches, routers and many other “smart” devices are connected to the internet. Typically every such connected device has its own IP address or is in a range of IP addresses that can be […]
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August 29,2016– The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has concluded that the bypassing of machine safety interlocks caused the fatality at Carlson Tool & Manufacturing in March 2016, after conducting an investigation. OSHA has issued a citation and a notification of a penalty of about $125,000. According to the citation this incident was not […]
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April 27, 2016– A German nuclear power plant located near the city of Munich has been found to have several strains of malware, some as old as Conficker (of the year 2008 vintage). There was a bunch of other malware as well, including remote access trojans, worms, file stealers and more! The system was not […]
Continue ReadingWhat is LOPA? In this short LOPA tutorial, we will understand the Layer of Protection Analysis technique or LOPA for short. So what does one mean by it? LOPA is used mainly in the process industries as a risk assessment tool. Every industrial process has a degree of risk associated with running it and this […]
Continue ReadingJan 11, 2013– The below video was sent to some friends in an email at work and also shared widely on Facebook. The site is apparently a gas gathering and/or processing facility in Mexico in a desert area, but manned. See the ferocity of the gas explosion and how rapidly it spread alongwith the fire […]
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