Potential threats are inherent to every kind of facility. Although they can vary from industry to industry, they run a wide gamut and are enough to keep any Facility Manager up at night. Highly regulated industries, in particular, that are extremely compliance driven,...
The FERC has announced that the new implementation date for CIP version 5 Reliability Standards will be July 1, 2016 instead of April 1, 2016 as was originally announced. This will allow entities more time to prepare their Medium and High impact facilities for...
In July 2015, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) proposed changes to seven CIP standards. These changes were officially approved on January 21, 2016. The Commission stated the changes are “designed to mitigate cybersecurity risks to...
Every picture you upload is filled with information; including where it was taken, when, and what kind of device was used to take it. This is called EXIF data. Some sites, such as Facebook, automatically strip it from your photos, but that isn’t the case for many...
April marks National Distracted Driving Awareness month. Considering I am still in a rental from my cars chance meeting with a deer four weeks ago, this one hits home for me. A whopping 90% of car crashes are from driver error, not environmental factors. So...
