Full program page coming soon. To reserve your seat now, contact us directly: sales@abhisam.com | +91 9664404771 (WhatsApp / Telegram) Abhisam’s India office is running two back-to-back OT cybersecurity programs in Mumbai this May. Attend one or both — each is a complete, standalone program. The Two Programs Day 1 — Thursday 14th May 2026 OT Cybersecurity & IEC 62443 Fundamentals A one-day intensive covering the essentials of OT …
HAZOP is short for Hazard and Operability Study. It is currently the most popular risk assessment technique in the process industry and has actually also become a verb. (“Have you HAZOPed it”?) Although the technique has proven itself in the past 50 years or so that it is being used, problems remain. Ask any experienced HAZOP Leader what the hardest part of running a HAZOP study is, and they …
Industrial organizations today operate in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, especially multinational corporations who have manufacturing or similar sites in different countries and regions. Especially for these organizations, safety obligations are no longer limited to a single country or authority — they span global industrial safety standards, international regulations, and workplace safety rules that vary by region, industry, and hazard profile. Many professionals often struggle to find a single, …
IEC 62443 training in Mumbai Abhisam is pleased to announce the next batch of their popular Instructor led IEC 62443 training in Mumbai will take place on 27th and 28th November 2025. Register Here. Download the IEC 62443 training program brochure here. What is this IEC 62443 training in Mumbai all about? This IEC 62443 training in Mumbai will be a hands on training workshop which will cover the …
The Abhisam Software India office recently conducted a hybrid Functional Safety training workshop (a combination of a classroom course and the e-learning course) at Mumbai for Toyo Engineering India Private Limited, a part of a global network of design engineering, procurement and construction companies under the Toyo umbrella. About the Functional Safety training workshop at Toyo This cohort (batch) included more than 35 participants, both Indian and Japanese, who …
What is the free IEC 62443 webinar all about? This free IEC 62443 webinar will cover the recent changes in IEC 62443 structure and parts. As you probably know IEC 62443 is a set of standards & technical reports that deal with OT Cybersecurity. OT stands for Operational Technology (as compared to IT which stands for Information Technology). The cybersecurity of OT systems is often challenging because they not …
Abhisam is pleased to announce that, it is giving away the Abhisam Quick Guide to OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 eboook. What is the free OT Cybersecurity book about? This free IEC 62443 download gives you a great Introduction and Overview of OT cybersecurity and the IEC 62443 standard. In less than 100 pages, the reader will quickly come up to speed with the evolution of Industrial Automation and …
Update: The next batch of this training workshop will take place on 27th and 28th November 2025. Join the IEC 62443 training workshop here. The popular Abhisam event Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 Training Mumbai batch was held on 20th and 21st June 2025 in Mumbai, India at Hotel IRA by Orchid, Andheri (East), Mumbai, India. Who attended the Abhisam Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 training …
Update-The next batch on 27th and 28th November 2025. Join the IEC 62443 training workshop here. What is the OT Cybersecurity training in India all about? Abhisam will be conducting the 8th batch of the popular Instructor led OT Cybersecurity Training in India in Mumbai on 20th and 21st June 2025. This OT cyber security training workshop is titled “Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443”. It will include the …
IEC 62443-2-2 published IEC 62443-2-2 has now been published by IEC- International Electrotechnical Commission. This is part of the IEC 62443 set of standards and relates to Industrial Cybersecurity (cyber security of Industrial Automation & Control Systems, known as IACS for short). However, IEC 62443 development has been uneven- not all parts have been published, but some parts are already in their second editions! What is IEC 62443? …
The Abhisam Certified Industrial Cybersecurity training program (CICP- Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional) has been updated to reflect the new IEC 62443 updates. For example, IEC 62443-2-1 was completely revised in Edition 2 (actually it is like a completely new standard) and has no connection with IEC 62443-2-1 Edition 1. About IEC 62443 updates IEC 62443 is a set of standards and technical reports that are about Industrial and …
What is LOPA? LOPA is short for Layer of Protection Analysis. It is also referred to sometimes as Layers of Protection Analysis. It is considered a semi-quantitative risk assessment technique. Abhisam’s Layer of Protection Analysis training course is an easy way to learn it. What are protection layers? An easy way to understand protection layers is to study an example of a residential house, located in a not so …
Recently the second edition of the IEC 62443-2-1:2024 standard has been released by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision. IEC 62443-2-1 changes in the new edition This edition includes major technical changes with respect to the previous edition such as a) A revised requirement structure into SP elements (SPEs), b) Several revised …
Update: The next batch of this training workshop will take place on 27th and 28th November 2025. Join the IEC 62443 training workshop here. The 7th Abhisam Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 training workshop was held on 23rd and 24th Jan 2025 in Bengaluru. The event was attended by senior professionals from marquee organizations in India including those from ISRO DRDO, Bharat Electronics Limited , Central Power Research …
Abhisam is pleased to announce a new Rapid OT Cybersecurity Assessment Tool that can quickly give you an evaluation of the cybersecurity posture of your OT System, such as any Industrial Automation and Control System (such as those based on PLC or DCS or PAC), or Robotic System, Warehouse Automation System, Building Management System, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) or any other OT system that you use …
Update: The next batch of this training workshop will take place on 27th and 28th November 2025. Join the IEC 62443 training workshop here. Abhisam is pleased to announce the 7th edition of its popular IEC 62443 training in Bengaluru on 23rd and 24th January 2025. This Instructor led, classroom style physical training workshop will be an excellent way to learn about OT Security and understand the various parts …
Abhisam’s popular CICP course ( Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional course, ) got an update recently. This year there have been some changes in the IEC 62443 organization, with some new parts getting added, expansion of the numbering as well as renumbering of draft pulications. This necessitated including these updates in the popular CICP course. Download the CICP information sheet here. What is the CICP course? The Abhisam CICP course …
Grid-India conducted a SCADA training course for their employees in Mumbai from 20th Aug to 22nd Aug 2024. The session on SCADA Cyber security training was conducted by Mandar Phadke, from Abhisam’s India office. Attendees included engineering and technical professionals working in Regional Load Despatch centres as well as the National Load Despatch Center. Grid India, also known as Grid Controller of India, is the primary custodian of India’s …
How to build employee competency easily and without breaking your budget Abhisam is pleased to announce that its new Training and Competency management portal at https://rapidcompetency.com for Enterprises is live. This is a great way for organizations of all sizes, whether having just 10 employees or having thousands of employees to build competency, via online elearning training courses and manage it via dashboards. Classroom OT Security training versus online …
Abhisam is pleased to announce that it is giving away 100 more free seats to its popular OT Cybersecurity Training course. Participants in this promotion need to have at least 5 years experience in any industry or business that involves any work with OT Systems and be part of an organization that has at least 100 employees in all locations combined. If you meet the criteria above then please …
Searching for the IEC 62443 latest version? You have come to the right place, but since IEC 62443 is not one single document but a set of several documents, there is no single latest version. You can read about the latest changes here. What is IEC 62443? IEC 62443 is a set of standards, technical specifications and reports that deal with OT cyber security also known as Industrial Cybersecurity. …
For those new to OT Cyber security, here is a brief guide. A Brief Introduction to OT Cybersecurity This guide will help you quickly understand Operational Technology cyber security (OT Cyber Security) if you are new to it. After reading this, you can read other articles related to OT Cybersecurity on this site. You can also take the OT Cybersecurity Awareness course, as well as other courses such as …
Update: Next IEC 62443 training Workshop in Mumbai on 27th and 28th November 2025. More details about the OT Cybersecurity IEC 62443 Training workshop here. Update: Workshop is over and was attended by professionals from a slew of different large organizations including HCL, Schneider, Yokohoma and Addverb. Next workshop will be held on Join us on 2nd and 3rd August 2024 in Mumbai, India for the Abhisam OT Cybersecurity …
Update (13th June 2024): The IEC 62443-4-3 draft is now undergoing a ballot and will be renumbered as IEC 62443-1-6. This seems a bit unusual, as generally IEC does not change the number of the draft standard to a different one when it becomes a fully approved standard. We will post more information about this when we receive it. This means that now the Devices and Components section would …
ICS Cyber Security for Chemical plants- Introduction Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are used in all modern chemical plants. These Industrial Control Systems play a crucial role in maintaining the efficiency, reliability, and safety of chemical plant operations. Currently the global chemical industry is facing challenging times related to energy costs, raw material costs and supply chain problems. The last thing it wants are additional risks of disruption due to …
In this short guide, we will learn about two important concepts in the Functional Safety world, Verification and Validation and the difference between the two. What is Verification and Validation? Although colloquially these two words may sound similar, yet in the Functional Safety World, they are distinct concepts and different from each other, as different as chalk and cheese. To have a quick overview of this, you can watch …
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Update: The course is now available. Learners who meet the following criteria can get access for free. 1. You need to have at least 5 years experience in any industry that has OT systems. 2. Your organization has at least 100 employees (in all locations together). Please contact us to get your free access today. There are 100 free seats available, limit 5 seats per organization. ———————————- Abhisam is …
We had recently posted about the NIST 800-82 Special Publication Revision 2 being updated and the draft version being published. Now this draft has been formally approved and hence now we have a full version available for implementation by stakeholders such as Asset Owners, Engineering Design Consultants, Contractors, Automation vendors, OT Cybersecurity professionals and any other persons or organizations who need to be aware of OT Cybersecurity. What …
In this short guide, we will take a look at what we mean by ICS security assessment. ICS is short for industrial Control Systems. These may be DCS (Distributed Control Systems), or PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) based, or some form of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems) or any other programmable type systems. These include not only BPCS (Basic Process Control Systems) but also SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems). …
OT Cyber Security Training workshop in Mumbai, India Abhisam successfully conducted an OT Cyber security Training workshop, at Toyo Engineering India’s Mumbai office. The two day workshop was attended by more than 35 senior engineering and IT professionals from Toyo. This comprehensive event included OT/ICS cyber security, as well as IEC 62443 training, ISO 27001 training and NIST 800-82 training. Toyo Engineering India Private Limited (Toyo-India), an Engineering Consultancy …
Update: The next OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 training workshop will be held in Mumbai on 27th and 28th Nov 2025. Abhisam’s India office successfully conducted the Abhisam “Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 training workshop” at Hotel Ira by Orchid, Andheri, Mumbai on 2nd Aug 2023. This unique, in-person Instructor led OT Cybersecurity training workshop was led by Mandar Phadke from Abhisam. Who participated in the OT Cybersecurity …
Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce that they successfully conducted two OT Security IEC 62443 training workshops at Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) at their Vadodara and Dahej manufacturing sites. If you would like to organize a similar event for your industrial sites that utilize OT systems, please get in touch with us OR attend one of our public OT Security training events that will start from …
Update: The current workshops are at the link below: https://www.abhisam.com/ot-cybersecurity-auditor-training-mumbai-2026/ OT security training in India Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce a series of in person, Instructor led, OT Security Training workshops in India, starting from 2nd August 2023 in Mumbai, followed by similar events in other cities in India and Asia. The next event will be held on 2nd and 3rd August 2024 in Mumbai. These OT …
What is Intrinsic Safety? Intrinsic Safety is one of the several protection techniques used in hazardous areas. This type of protection is applicable to electrical apparatus in which the electrical circuits themselves are incapable of causing an explosion in the surrounding explosive atmospheres. This short Intrinsic Safety design guide will give you an idea of how Intrinsic Safety is used in hazardous areas. What are Hazardous Areas? Hazardous Areas …
Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce that very soon some of Abhisam’s popular courses will be available in Hindi. Until now Abhisam courses were only available in English. The first such course will be a very important one on LOTO, which stands for Lockout Tagout. This is a very important procedure to be followed to isolate machinery from sources of energy, during maintenance or repair and shutdowns, to …
Hazardous Areas Training Abhisam’s India office recently conducted an Instructor led rapid Hazardous Areas training workshop, at the Baumer factory in Vapi, Gujarat, India. This was an intensive hazardous areas training that saw the enthusiastic participation of several Baumer employees from different departments including Sales & Marketing, Quality Assurance, Design and more. The workshop was organized in association with Markovs Analytics LLP, an Abhisam affiliate. About Baumer Baumer have …
Process Safety and Cyber security Abhisam is pleased to announce that a new course “Cybersecurity for Process Safety Professionals” will be available soon. This course enables Process Safety Professionals to understand basic concepts of cybersecurity and incorporate cyber security considerations, such as cyber attacks on Industrial Control systems into the Safety Studies and Risk assessments that they carry out. Abhisam GOLD Members and PLATINUM members will get access to …
Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce that they are restarting Instructor led Industrial Internet of Things training workshops from May 2023 (which were paused due to the pandemic). These Industrial IoT training workshops were very popular in India, where several of these were held during the years before the COVID pandemic. What is IIoT training all about? The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a relatively new technology …
The ISA-TR84.00.09-2023 Part 1 (Draft) technical report is ready for review and comments. You can download the draft isa-tr84.00.09 pdf and if you have any comments, you can submit them to the ISA committee, if the committee approves, it will be incorporated into the next draft or published as the final report after all approved changes, comments have been incorporated. What is ISA TR 84? ISA is the International …
What is this Basics of Industrial Hygiene course? Industrial Hygiene is the scientific discipline that is all about improving health, safety and general well being of workers who may be exposed to various workplace hazards. Industrial Hygiene is all about the anticipation, identification, evaluation and mitigation of workplace hazards. This basics of Industrial Hygiene is a free Industrial Hygiene training course, that helps anyone interested in knowing more about …
Update: New Webinar series- Introduction to OT Cybersecurity & changes in IEC 62443 Date: 28th May 2025 Time: 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Register here: Industrial Cybersecurity webinar series Here’s an interesting piece of industrial cyber security news for you! Abhisam is pleased to announce a free series of industrial cyber security webinars in the new year 2023. The “Introduction to Industrial Cybersecurity and IEC 62443” webinar, is a …
Discounted courses Black Friday offer For this Thanksgiving in 2022, Abhisam has a great Black Friday 2022 offer for course bundles, as well for the Certified HAZOP Leader course, which eligible participants can get at a huge discount! To see what’s on offer please visit the Offers page at https://www.abhisam.com/discounted-online-courses The offers will be live until end of business hours on 30th Nov 2022. So hurry up and get …
Functional Safety and Industrial Cybersecurity- what’s the connection? In this short explanatory white paper, we will discuss how a bad Industrial cybersecurity posture can degrade Functional Safety to be almost ineffective, in protecting assets, people and the environment. Thus having proper Industrial Cybersecurity is a pre-requisite to having proper Functional Safety. What is Functional Safety all about? Functional Safety is a specialized domain within the Safety world, which deals …
In this short guide we will take a look at What-If Analysis, for conducting a risk assessment of your plant or facility. This is a faster alternative to conducting a full HAZOP study. What is What-If Analysis? What-if analysis is not used just for safety studies or risk assessments. It is actually a general brainstorming technique that can help you generate new ideas, think outside the box, and come …
Understand Supply chain cyber security to protect your Industrial Control System against supply chain attacks In this short guide, let us understand Supply Chain cyber security. This is important to understand to protect your IACS against attacks that can happen via the different components used by your Industrial Control System and your Safety Instrumented System. This topic is covered in the latest version of the Abhisam Certified Industrial Cybersecurity …
This short guide will explain all aspects of SCADA Security Certification. But first we will understand what is a SCADA. What is SCADA? SCADA is short for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System. These systems are used in a wide variety of industries from electrical grids (electrical substation SCADA) to pipeline monitoring systems. A typical SCADA consists of remote terminal units (RTUs), and/or PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and/or IED …
Update: The Supply Chain cybersecurity module has been added to the course. Abhisam will soon be adding a new Supply Chain Cyber Security Training module to its popular Industrial Cybersecurity training course. (Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional-CICP). This module will be part of the Advanced Modules 2 in the Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional training course (CICP) and will be available to learners who opt for the Professional version of the …
Abhisam is pleased to announce that Abhisam’s India office has joined hands with Industri-Connect Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore, India based company, to bring Abhisam’s globally popular e-learning courses, certifications, Instructor led training programs and Blended learning programs to a wider audience in India. Industri-Connect Technologies is now an Abhisam Authorized Reseller and you can reach out to them for access to all Abhisam offerings. This includes special student …
Update: Join us on 27th and 28th November 2025 in Mumbai for the next IEC 62443 training workshop. Join the IEC 62443 training workshop here. This brief guide will explain how to take IEC 62443 training at a much lower cost today than in earlier years. Note: The most cost effective and easiest way to learn all IEC 62443 essentials is to take the Abhisam Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional …
Here’s a guide to IEC 62443. After going through this (somewhat short) IEC 62443 guide, you will understand how it helps you secure your Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS for short) against cyber threats. Let us understand more about it, why it was developed and where it can be used. Update: There have been changes in IEC 62443 in the year 2024. Please read about the IEC 62443 …
If you have been working in the field of Industrial Control Systems cyber security (ICS security) or in the broader Operational Technology cybersecurity domain (OT security) then you may have heard of the standard ANSI/ISA/IEC 62443, referred to these days as simply IEC 62443. This standard has certain Foundational Requirements that are important and these are explained in short here. This short guide will explain these IEC 62443 Foundational …
In this short guide we will learn something about proof testing Safety Instrumented Systems. What is a Proof Test of a Safety Instrumented System? Proof testing is the process by which the end user actually tests whether the Safety Instrumented System is actually working as intended. A Proof test has to be carried out for every Safety Instrumented Function (SIF for short). For example, if a SIF is supposed …
Abhisam is pleased to announce that the Industrial Cybersecurity Training Course (Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional) has now an updated module on OT Security standards. The previous module titled IACS Security Standards has been thoroughly revised and has got several new sections that cover a lot about the parts of the ANSI/ISA/ IEC 62443 standard that have been published so far. What is the CICP program? Abhisam introduced the Industrial …
In this short guide, we will take a look at the ANSI ISA S84 standard. What is ISA S84.01? This is the Functional Safety standard published by ISA (International Systems and Automation Society)’s S 84 committee. This is applicable to functional safety in the process industries. The standard was initially published as ANSI/ISA S84.01:1996 and was recognized by OSHA as a “generally accepted good engineering practice” via their letter …
In this small guide we will understand Safety Instrumented System requirements. But first we answer some basic questions such as, What is a Safety Instrumented System? The simplest explanation of a Safety Instrumented System (SIS for short) is ” a system comprised of active elements such as sensors, logic solvers and actuators, working together as a system, which acts to reduce the risk of an unwanted event in a …
In the next few minutes of reading this you will understand the difference between IEC 61511 and IEC 61508. What is IEC 61511? IEC 61511 is the process industry standard for Functional Safety and Safety Instrumented Systems. This standard has been developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission and is used globally. Process industries are those industries that handle bulk materials (rather than discrete parts) and include the Oil & …
Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS for short) that are used in the process industry sector, such as Oil and Gas platforms, Petroleum refineries, chemical manufacturing plants, pulp and paper, fossil fuel power generation plants and so on generally comply with the international standard IEC 61511. This standard, published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the most widely used standard all over the world for building and maintaining SIS in …
We will understand ex zone meaning in this short introduction. What are Ex Zones? Many people refer to hazardous areas as Ex Zones. This is because only certified explosion protected equipment can be used in these areas. There are two main systems of classifying hazardous areas, one is the NEC (National Electrical Code) system that has Classes and Divisions and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) system that uses Zones. …
What is Area Classification? Area Classification refers to classifying the hazardous areas of a plant into less hazardous and more hazardous. This classification is done using the IEC system that uses Zones (there are three Zones) or the NEC system that uses Divisions (there are two divisions). Further the areas are also classified on the basis of the materials stored, handled or processed there. Note: For a detailed understanding …
What is a Class 1 Division 2 area? You might have come across the term, Class I, Division 2 Hazardous Area. What does it mean? To understand this, we need to first understand two things- what is a hazardous area and what is a hazardous area classification. Note: To know in detail about Hazardous Area Classification, please take the Abhisam hazardous area classification course. To know the basics, please …
What is this free Hazardous Area training course? The Abhisam free Introduction to Hazardous Areas covers all the basics of hazardous areas. As you already know, hazardous areas are certain areas in plants and facilities that have a higher risk of fire or explosion due to the properties of materials stored or processed in these areas. Typically hazardous areas are found in oil and gas fields, petroleum refineries, underground …
What is a Hazardous Area? A Hazardous Area is a place where there is a risk of explosion and/or fire due to the nature of the materials handled or stored there. In the US, these areas are also known as classified locations. Note that “Hazardous Area” is a technical term used in industry and not a generic word that can be used for any dangerous place, such as crime …
Why is Occupational Hygiene training important? Let us first see what we mean by Occupational Hygiene. Once we understand it better, it then becomes clear why Occupational Hygiene training is important for Occupational Health and Safety professionals. What is Occupational Hygiene? Occupational hygiene is the study of how to keep workers healthy and safe on the job. Occupational hygienists work with employers, employees, and other people in the community …
Industrial Hygiene Training is important if you wish to work in the Occupational health and safety domains of industrial operations. It is a growing field with many opportunities for career progression. Here, we will take a look at the different Industrial Hygiene training courses available to take and which options are best for you. But first let us cover the basics of Industrial Hygiene. What is Industrial Hygiene? Industrial …
We will understand what we mean by Industrial Hygiene certification in this short guide. What is Industrial Hygiene? Industrial hygiene is the scientific discipline that investigates and protects worker’s health and safety in industry. Industrial Hygiene is the science of anticipating, identifying, evaluating and controlling workplace conditions that may adversely affect worker health and safety. Industrial Hygiene is also known as Occupational Hygiene and is considered to be part …
What is Industrial Hygiene? Industrial Hygiene is a domain within the field of Occupational Health and Safety, that deals with the anticipation, identification, evaluation and mitigation of different hazards in the workplace, so that workers can be protected against them. Industrial Hygiene is an important part of Occupational Safety and is sometimes referred to as Occupational Hygiene too. You can learn all about Industrial Hygiene by taking the Abhisam …
H2S certification before being allowed to enter a workplace is mandatory in many industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals manufacturing, Wastewater treatment, Oil Terminals, refining facilities, mining, Shipping and many others. Why does a company insist on H2S certification of personnel before allowing them to enter the workplace? Read on below. What is H2S? H2S is the molecular formula for Hydrogen Sulfide (also spelled as Hydrogen Sulphide in …
HAZOP Training in India Abhisam is pleased to announce that Instructor led training workshops on HAZOP, are being restarted from June 2022. Accordingly you can now easily get HAZOP Training in India via a traditional, classroom type workshop that gives a hands on experience in conducting a HAZOP Study. What is HAZOP? What is the full form of HAZOP? HAZOP is a Hazard and Risk Assessment technique used …
Abhisam is pleased to announce a What-If Training Workshop / SWIFT Training in Mumbai (Thane) on 27th May 2022. This is a public workshop and anybody who is a safety professional or other technical professional and interested in learning the What-If Method for Risk Assessment can attend. (SWIFT is an acronym for Structured What-If Analysis). What do we mean by What-If Analysis and SWIFT? What-If Analysis is a Risk …
Update: The Full version of NIST 800-82 Rev 3 has been released. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is a part of the US Department of Commerce had invited public comments before release of the Revision 3 of the NIST 800-82 Guide to ICS Security, we had a blog post that talked about this a few months ago here. This Initial public draft has now been …
Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce that they conducted a What If training workshop for the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Lote chapter, on 27th April 2022 at Hotel Omega, Lote, near Chiplun, India. More than 45 engineers and managers from different companies in the Lote Parshuram Industrial Area attended this hands-on workshop that covered the What-If Analysis /SWIFT technique of Risk Assessment. What-If Analysis and SWIFT (Structured …
Functional Safety Training in India After a gap of two years, Abhisam has restarted Functional Safety Training in India. Recently, Abhisam conducted the Abhisam Functional Safety, SIL & SIS Cybersecurity (Level 1) workshop for engineers of Baker Hughes at their Mumbai office. About Baker Hughes Baker Hughes is a leading Energy Technology company in the world. For more than a century Baker Hughes inventions have revolutionized the world of …
Abhisam has once again started their onsite and in-person Instructor led HAZOP training in India, after the COVID19 pandemic has subsided. One of the first such workshops, after the pandemic, was held recently. In other regions, Abhisam may start these in person, traditional classroom style training workshops, depending on the pandemic situation in those regions. HAZOP Training in India conducted by Abhisam On February 24th and 25th, 2022, Abhisam …
The Abhisam free H2S awareness training has become a de-facto standard for anybody who needs to know about working in an area that may have Hydrogen Sulfide (also spelled as Hydrogen Sulphide in geographies such as the UK, India and Australia- both refer to the same H2S gas). This online H2S awareness course can be taken by anybody completely free of cost. Why is H2S awareness training so important? …
What is a HAZOP Study? HAZOP is an acronym for Hazard and Operability Study. It is one of the most popular hazard and risk assessment techniques used in industry and especially so the process industry (think Oil & Gas production, Petroleum refining, Chemical manufacturing, bulk pharmaceuticals manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Fossil Fuel power generation and so on), It is also very popular in industries like Mining and Metals processing, …
Abhisam is pleased to announce that a new module on understanding IEC 62443-2-4 is now a part of the Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity training course (Professional Version). What is IEC 62443-2-4? As you probably know, the IEC 62443 series of standards is developed jointly by ISA (International Society of Automation) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), to provide guidance for implementing Industrial Cybersecurity. The term is synonymous with OT Security (Operational …
As you may already be aware, a new critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) affecting Apache Log4j software library versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1 has been discovered. What is the Log4j vulnerability? Log4j is used in many websites, consumer and enterprise services and applications—as well as in operational technology products, which includes even Industrial Control Systems such as DCS, SIS, PLC, SCADA, Process Historians and similar hosts and controllers. For …
What is a Safety Requirement Specification? (SRS for short)? A Safety Requirement Specification is one of the most important documents in any Safety Instrumented Systems project. This document forms the design basis of the Safety Instrumented System and has the detailed specifications of every Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) which comprises the SIS. When is the document made? If you refer to the Safety Lifecycle according to IEC 61511 (ISA …
The Abhisam Industrial Cyber Security Lifecycle shows the top 10 controls needed to achieve robust cyber security for your Industrial Automation, Control and Safety System (IACS). IACS is a broad term for control and automation systems such as DCS (Distributed Control Systems), PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems), SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems), HIPPS (High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems), BMS (Burner Management Systems) and others. …
Jenny is a young engineer assigned to a project to install a new Safety Instrumented System for a plant. Eddie is her supervisor, who is in charge of the project. Jenny wonders why have different SILs for different SIFs. Eddie explains the reasons. Watch the video below to know more. What is SIL? Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is a measure used to describe the integrity of a Safety Instrumented …
What is the HAZOP Leader Certification program? Abhisam’s HAZOP Leader Certification program has become one of the more popular programs, due to it being a completely online now and a completely self paced program that the participant can complete, at their own pace. Entry into the program is only for professionals having at least a Bachelors degree/Higher National Diploma in a technical field with relevant industrial experience and a …
What is Hydrogen Sulfide gas? Hydrogen Sulfide gas (also spelled Hydrogen Sulphide gas in UK English) is a poisonous gas that is found naturally in many places such as marshes, forested areas having decaying organic matter, sewage pipelines, garbage dumps, oilfields, gas fields and such places. It has the molecular formula H2S. ———————-Take the free H2S course now———————– Take the abosolutely free online H2S course now here https://prettygoodcourses.com/courses/hydrogen-sulfide/ ———————————————————————————- …
Many process plants handle large amounts of hazardous materials (including flammable, explosive or toxic chemicals) at high temperatures and pressures (or in vacuum conditions)via complex processes. Hence there is a risk that there could be a disaster if something goes wrong and we could have fires, explosions and toxic chemical releases that can harm people and the environment. These incidents also damage assets and cause large scale destruction. In …
The Abhisam Intrinsic Safety course is now available for learners on the Abhisam Learning Portal. This training course on Intrinsically Safe systems, is the best online course for Instrumentation engineers, Automation professionals and Control System engineers who wish to design Intrinsically Safe systems in their plants and facilities that have hazardous areas. What are Hazardous Areas? As you probably know, hazardous areas (also known as classified locations) are those …
What are Safety Instrumented Systems? Safety Instrumented Systems are automation systems that kick into action when some deviation from the normal operating parameters has the potential to trigger an unwanted incident. These include both (relatively) simple systems like OPS (overfill prevention systems), that prevent overfilling a storage tank by sensing the high level and automatically stopping the inlet flow on high level, as well as more complex systems such …
What is SCADA cyber security? SCADA cyber security refers to cybersecurity of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems. These cyber attacks on SCADA that can not only damage the system itself, but also lead to consequential damages to plant and equipment, as well as cause hardship to people due to contaminated water supplies, or failure of the electrical supply to homes, industries and businesses, or shortages of critical items …
What is IEC TR 61511-4: 2020? This is the latest publication in the IEC 61511 (Functional Safety – safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector) series. It is a Technical Report which gives explanations for updates to the various clauses in the latest edition of IEC 61511. According to the IEC website this technical report: • specifies the rationale behind all clauses and the relationship between them, • …
Abhisam is pleased to launch its Quick Guide to Basic Functional Safety & SIL, which is being offered free for a limited time. This free functional safety book pdf guide/Safety Instrumented System pdf explains everything that you need to know about the basics of functional safety and SIL (safety integrity level). This can be used by any engineer or technical professional who wants to understand Functional Safety as used …
The Safety Life Cycle The Safety Life cycle is an important concept in the domain of Functional Safety. It recognizes the fact that “Safety” is not a one shot affair, or something like a standard product or service that can be obtained by a one time payment or effort. Rather Safety (including Functional Safety, Process Safety, Occupational Safety and all other branches of Industrial Safety) are a process and …
A Safety Instrumented System (SIS for short) is used in many process plants to ensure continued safe operation of the process. In case of any disturbance that is likely to result in an unwanted incident the SIS automatically brings the process to a safe state and prevents loss of life, asset damage and environmental damage. For process plants that handle hazardous, toxic, explosive or other similar materials, Safety Instrumented …
Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Training Looking for Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Advanced Training? Then this Abhisam industrial control systems cyber security certification course is the one that you’re looking for. Composed on several modules that include everything from Basic Concepts of Industrial Control Systems as well as Basic Concepts about cyber security, this Abhisam training course has them all. The Advanced Module of this course includes current …
Supply Chain attacks are something to watch out for In the recently published Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity Report, we had mentioned supply chain attacks, as something to watch out for in 2024. We never imagined that we would be so right. These supply chain attacks are pretty broad in scope and are not just related to the Industrial Control System devices, such as DCS controllers or SIS Logic Solvers but …
What is Training Records Management software? Simply speaking, a Training Records Management Software allows you to manage all your training records in one single system. Thus you can get rid of your manual training records at once and have a seamless training records management via a Cloud based Learning Management System. All your learner data including their profiles, skill sets, the training courses that they have already attended and …
Update: NIST has released the draft now. Please see here for news on the latest NIST 800 Rev 3 Draft. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is a part of the US Department of Commerce has invited public comments to update the existing NIST Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, SP 800-82 Rev 2 to SP 800-82 (Rev 3). The deadline for comments is May …
Abhisam last year introduced the tremendously popular Abhisam GOLD membership plan, where for a small monthly fee, you get access to all Abhisam Courses (except the Abhisam HAZOP Leader program) at once. For a one time joining fee and a small monthly fee, you can get the entire Abhisam Course Catalog all at once. This is a tremendously valuable deal, which you cannot get with any other course provider. …
Upskill Training in pandemic times Change is a basic fact of life. As industries and different business sectors grow and mature, new technologies get introduced. Adding to this is the COVID19 pandemic which has forced new constraints on many business. At the same time, it has also generated many opportunities for existing businesses to take advantage of the new situation and in a very constructive way.One of the opportunities …
LOPA Training Course Abhisam is pleased to announce that its updated LOPA Training Course, is now available online. This is a self-paced course and can be started anytime and completed at your own convenience. Interesting animations & simulations, videos, actual real life scenarios and examples, worksheets, exercises make this one of the best LOPA training courses available anywhere! LOPA Certification The Abhisam LOPA Course is the most comprehensive course …
If you have been searching for a good resource to learn Intrinsic Safety online, Abhisam has a course just for this. This easy online Intrinsic Safety Training course is the easiest and most comprehensive way to learn about this subject. What is Intrinsic Safety? Intrinsic Safety is a method of explosion protection, used to prevent triggering an ignition in a hazardous area. You may be familiar with other methods …
Now get all your Abhisam free white papers, videos and podcast resources in one single place on the Abhisam website. No need to use the Search function. Simply go to https://www.abhisam.com/free-white-papers-podcasts-videos and get what you are looking for. This incredible resource has at the time of this writing more than 19 white papers on various subjects including Process Safety, HAZOP, Industrial IoT and Digitalization, Big Data in Oil and …
Note that it includes all the knowledge that you need to have to know how to work safely in confined spaces.
Can I not get this information free from elsewhere?
There is a common myth “Just Google it”
It is a myth that you can simply Google for Confined Space information and get everything that you need to know.
Most likely you will get a large number of occupational safety articles and information, some videos, some power point slides, but much of the information may be in bits and pieces.
While you can get some basic information about confined space safety from these sources, it may not be complete. Even if you do find enough material, it will take you a long time to sequence it all together in one coherent document that makes sense to you.
Even after doing all this there is a possibility that you may not get what you really need to know from an OSHA compliance perspective
Plus you will spend several hours of your time doing all this for zero returns on your investment!
On the other hand, when you take this Abhisam Confined Space safety course, you know that
Of course, you could always pass this up and decide to go for buy a book on this topic,
but,
remember that there are some disadvantages with this approach
The $7 trial includes trial access to ALL the courses in the Abhisam Catalog for a limited time including this Confined Spaces Safety course
After the trial is over you can choose to either buy an individual course OR subscribe to the GOLD or PLATINUM membership plans.
Your card will not be billed automatically.
This course is available as either stand alone (select the Standard version above), Professional, or as part of the Abhisam GOLD membership level.
The Standard version allows you to access the course online from any device (PC/tablet/smartphone) that has an internet connection and a browser that supports HTML 5 (such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera, etc). You can access the course for a period of one year, within which you need to take the exam to earn a Certificate (electronic). You will also earn an electronic badge that can be displayed online on LinkedIn and similar portals.
The Professional version allows you access to the course for 3 years online. You will also earn an electronic badge that can be displayed online on LinkedIn and similar portals.
The content in the Standard and Professional versions is the same.
When you subscribe to the Abhisam GOLD membership, you get access to all the courses in the Abhisam Catalog, by paying just one low monthly subscription with no commitment as you can cancel anytime. You can also get a free certification exam every month. If you are interested in taking a bunch of courses, then the GOLD membership gives you an affordable plan to do this. This is available to individuals only.
This is meant for organizations with multiple learners. When you subscribe to the Abhisam Platinum membership, your learners get access to all the courses in the Abhisam Catalog, by paying just one low Enterprise yearly subscription. You can also get a free certification exam every month.
Additionally Platinum membership gives you a Dashboard where your Training Manager can see the progress of the learners, such as learner module completion, login times, test scores, etc.