Hazardous Areas training

Hazardous Areas Training Workshop at Baumer

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 …

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IEC 62443 training

IEC 62443 Training

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 training course. This fully self-paced, online course consisting of text, voice over, videos, animations, assessments and exercises, can be taken anytime from anywhere via any …

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IEC 62443 guide

IEC 62443 Guide

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. What is IEC 62443? IEC 62443 is not a single document, but a set of standards, practices and …

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IEC 62443 Foundational Requirements

IEC 62443 Foundational Requirements

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 …

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Ex Zones Equipment

Ex Zones

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. …

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Area Classification

What is Area Classification?

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 …

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Class 1 Division 2 hazardous area

What is a Class 1 Division 2 Hazardous Area?

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 …

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Free Hazardous Area Training

Take this free Hazardous Area Training Course

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 …

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What are Hazardous Areas

What Are Hazardous Areas?

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 …

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Building Automation System

NIST 800-82 Rev 3 draft released

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 …

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