Thursday, April 20, 2017

Top 3 drivers for MES in Industry 4.0

By Francisco Almada-Lobo, MESA Member and CEO of Critical Manufacturing

MESA’s 2017 Smart Story Awards is now taking submissions until May 31st.  

In an interview with the winners of the 2016 Smart Story Awards, the top winning story from Critical Manufacturing raised some questions about Industry 4.0. More specifically, attendees wanted to know what are the Industry 4.0 drivers for MES. Here's the full answer:

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Two-Factor Authentication – Uses and Misses

By Dirk Sweigart, CISSP, PMP, Cybersecurity Working Group Member

A key part of securing assets is establishing the identity of an individual who wishes to access that asset in some way.  We need to be sure that the person who is making the request is who he or she claims to be.  The asset can be a control system, a building, a VPN or an application, to name a few.  Two-factor authentication is becoming relatively common as a method of confirming that identity.