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 …
Abhisam will soon be adding a new Supply Chain Cyber Security Training module to its popular Industrial Cybersecurity training course. 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 course. What is supply chain cyber security? What are supply chain attacks? Any system that uses …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
