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). …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 announce the release of its What-If Hazard Analysis course. This excellent digital What-If course is a fully online, self paced e-learning course, that can be taken by anybody on the Abhisam Learning Platform. What is the What-If Analysis method? It is a qualitative method which can be used to carry out Hazard and Risk Assessment in any industry. The plant is divided into manageable units, …
