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Advanced Automation
Open Secure Sustainability
Cyber security and sustainability go hand in hand in critical infrastructure operations. We must protect the automation that supports clean, efficient operation and we must also prevent evil-doers from weaponizing our resources. This month we look at the issues for the water industry.
Read More >Industry 5.0 Coming Around the Corner. But Who’s Counting?
Take heart humans. We may not be dispensable after all. Industry 5.0 is here to save our jobs. Where industry […]
Read More >Why IT and OT Must Come Together
If IT and OT turn their backs on each other, will hackers sneak in between?
Read More >Upgrading the Water/Wastewater Infrastructure
Restoring and replacing aging water and wastewater infrastructure continues to be job one for most American public utilities. Federal funding is available, but is it enough?
Read More >Bedrock Commentary on ICS-CERT Advisories
How vulnerabilities identified in ICS-CERT Advisories are mitigated by design in the Bedrock OSA® Cyber Security Fundamentals.
Read More >Pumping Profit: The Vital Need for Secure Remote Monitoring
Effective pump control is critical to many processes, but the further you get from your control room, the more challenging it is to optimize pump operation. Secure remote monitoring can improve productivity in some very specific ways.
Read More >Keeping Upstream Water Flowing
The March 2021 E&P feature “Keeping the Flow” is an excellent retrospective on how water management is helping the upstream oil & gas industry transform from pandemic-driven financial turmoil to IIoT driven digital transformation.
Read More >OT for Resilience and Resilience for OT
The recent hacking incident at the Florida water utility brings the concept of resilience to the forefront, but it had […]
Read More >Bedrock Commentary on 2021 Predictions
Despite being visionaries in implementing intrinsic cyber security, we don’t have a crystal ball into the future of cyber events, but we do have plenty of informed opinions. Here are some of our thoughts on what the mainstream prophets say lies ahead in 2021.
Read More >Reducing Risk of Digital Infrastructure Project implementation
Digital transformation isn’t just for automating process operations. It is potentially changing the way that capital projects will be delivered, reducing the cost and speeding time to value for major automation initiatives.
Read More >OT Cyber Security Standards for Open Industry
Like other automation standards, OT cyber security standards are evolving to accommodate technological and business changes. One OT cyber security expert looks at the limitations of the Purdue model for this new age of open automation.
Read More >Upstream Oil & Gas Assets that Need Secure Remote Monitoring
Surely, all upstream oil & gas production assets could benefit from low-cost remote monitoring, but one supplier of asset management solutions has identified seven of the most critical. Not coincidentally they are also among the assets that could benefit from secure remote control.
Read More >Open Secure Automation Increases Efficiency over 50% at Remote Fracking Sites
Fracking uses highly pressurized water, mud and sand to fracture shale until it releases the oil or gas trapped within […]
Read More >School of Bedrock Opens Virtual Doors for Free Open Secure Automation Training
Bedrock Automation virtual training center was already under construction when the pandemic hit and it is now online. Jack Black […]
Read More >It’s a New World, Does Your Oil & Gas Flow Computer Know That?
The following is an excerpt from the recent Bedrock/Global Spec webinar It’s a New World, Does Your Oil & Gas […]
Read More >Driving Costs out of Upstream Oil & Gas Operations with Open Secure Automation
A recent study from Rystad Energy Group estimates that automation and digitalization can save upstream operators $100 billion in the […]
Read More >Limited Scalability Challenges ROI for Bolt-on OT Network Cyber Security
Writing in a recent issue of helpnetsecurity.com, SCADAfence CEO Elad Ben-Meir calls attention to a significant drawback of bolt-on industrial […]
Read More >Is there life after $30 oil?
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) sets $37 a barrel as the best possible oil price by the end of 2020. […]
Read More >New OT Cyber Security Training and Information Resources Now Available from Bedrock
Bedrock Automation is announcing that the OT cyber security resources developed over the past few months are now available for […]
Read More >Cut the cards: Zero Trust in the Critical Infrastructure.
“Trust everyone — but cut the cards,” is essentially the premise of Zero Trust cyber security. Zero Trust assumes that […]
Read More >Trust factors in COVID-19 pandemic recovery
As countries, states and businesses begin to reopen, we do so with cause and some anticipation. Deloitte & Touche explores […]
Read More >The Missing Link to ‘Industry 4.0/Digitalization’
In a recent Automation.com editorial, editor Bill Lydon calls for increased vendor compliance and certification to open interoperable programming standards. He writes: “Regardless […]
Read More >Understanding IIoT Batteries and Power Protection at the Edge
Uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are evolving to deliver the high continuity needed in the digital age and battery technology is […]
Read More >New Executive Order Bans Procurement of Some Electrical Devices from U.S. Adversaries
On May 1, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency with respect to the threat to the U.S. bulk-power systems […]
Read More >Bedrock Publishes Expanded Power Checklists
As part of the May 7, 2020 Automation.com / Bedrock Automation webinar entitled “Empowering Power for the Digital Age,” Bedrock […]
Read More >Empowering Industrial Power for the Digital Age
Traditional industrial power supplies are ill-equipped to meet the demands of the digital age. While they were once designed as […]
Read More >Identifying and Mitigating Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities
Although a recent MIT paper introducing the concept of cybersafety is not light reading, it is must reading for anyone […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Updates Open Secure Automation Platform Specification
San Jose, Cal. – March 23, 2020 – Bedrock Automation has updated the platform specification covering its entire line of […]
Read More >Remote Monitoring Comes of Age
Remote possibilities Companies with geographically dispersed operations, such as upstream and midstream oil and gas facilities, can benefit from the […]
Read More >Review: The New Bedrock OSA +Flow Digital Flow Computer
Why I’m excited about the New OSA® +Flow solution from Bedrock Automation Shawn Bellamy, G&C Optimization Each year, […]
Read More >Flow Computing Goes Digital
Small discrepancies in custody transfer calculation can make a big difference on the bottom line of an oil & gas […]
Read More >VIDEO: Remote Bump-less Firmware Upgrades. Anytime. Anywhere.
For Automation World magazine, Bedrock Automation experts demonstrate how firmware updates to the Bedrock Open Secure Automation platform can be […]
Read More >VIDEO: Digital Oil & Gas Flow Computing and Control up Close
At ARC Industry Forum 2020, Automation World asked Bedrock Automation founder and CEO Albert Rooyakkers to describe how the new […]
Read More >Study Results: Midstream Automation Trends
Recent data collected in relation to the Future Midstream Automation Conference indicates that midstream companies are upping their spending on […]
Read More >Six IoT Security Predictions for 2020
It’s that time of the year and everybody is making predictions. IoT World Today has joined in the crystal gazing, […]
Read More >State of Industrial Cyber Security 2019
Applied Risk, a Netherlands-based engineering firm specializing in cyber security for operational technology, has developed a report on The State of […]
Read More >Cyber Security Insurance for Manufacturers
In response to the growing threats posed to U.S. industrial firms by data breaches, ransomware and other malicious cyber activity, […]
Read More >Built-in Cyber Security vs. Built-in Cyber Security
If any of today’s large vendors of automation systems offer cyber security protection, odds are good that it has been […]
Read More >Who needs IEC 61131?
In May of 2018, Control Design printed an interesting reader comment trail discussing the benefits of open computing. It consisted […]
Read More >BEDROCK AUTOMATION AMONG TOP 20 INNOVATIVE CYBERSECURITY SOLUTION PROVIDERS
Bedrock Automation was named one of the Top 20 Innovative Cybersecurity Solution Providers in 2019 by EnterpriseTechSuccess magazine. Read the […]
Read More >Building on Bedrock – Your Foul Weather Friend
Although Bedrock is known for its unrivaled intrinsic cybersecurity, the following other intrinsic features can make it your best friend […]
Read More >Weathering the storm
While the debate about the causes and treatments of climate change rages on, few people doubt that weather patterns are […]
Read More >Well Site Teams Discuss Automation Plans
In the run-up to the forthcoming Future Well Site Automation Summit (Sept. 12, Houston) the organizers surveyed 120 automation leaders, […]
Read More >Fast Track to Real-Time Monitoring
An August Storm Water Solutions story about how the City of Lynchburg, Virginia implemented a public information system, exemplifies the […]
Read More >Is the Industry Getting Complacent?
Although 50% of the respondents to a 2019 SANS report on OT/ ICS cyber security rate threats high or critical, […]
Read More >When IT and OT Meet, What Happens to Cyber Security?
Applying information technology (IT) to operational technology (OT) is essential to realizing the promise of industrial digitalization, but with it […]
Read More >System Integrator Reviews Bedrock Technology
System engineer Evan Hewitt of Corso Systems recently published a technical review of Bedrock Open Secure Automation offering on his […]
Read More >P&GJ Article: Securing Open SCADA Systems for Pipeline Operations
Traditional SCADA systems on which many pipeline operators rely for operational control are vulnerable in at least three main areas: […]
Read More >Webinar Recording: Open and Secure SCADA: Efficient and Economical Control, Without the Risk
With our SCADA solutions partner, Induction Automation, Bedrock Automation recently presented the webinar that focused on how industrial organizations decrease their security […]
Read More >Enhanced Security and Performance for Remote Site Automation
We asked one of our strategic high-tech distributors what was driving his customers’ strong interest in the Bedrock OSA® Remote. […]
Read More >Why One Automation End User Chose Bedrock OSA® Remote
We asked one of the first people to order a Bedrock OSA® Remote what he was hoping to get from […]
Read More >SECURE THE SYSTEM: Approaches to security for OPC UA SCADA systems
In his March feature for Water & Wastes Digest Chris Harlow explains how Open Secure Automation enables Secure OPC UA. […]
Read More >Bedrock CEO Interviewed at ARC Forum 2018
Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock CEO was interviewed by Mark Sen Gupta at the ARC Forum in Orlando, Florida. Albert discusses the […]
Read More >The Embedded Cybersecurity Trend
Though IT and software-based approaches to industrial cybersecurity will continue to be critical aspects of automation system security, embedded firmware-based […]
Read More >INSIDER January 2018
Walt Boyes, Editor and Publisher at The Industrial Automation and Process Control INSIDER, wrote a terrific article entitled “The Future […]
Read More >The Quintessential Quality for Control Systems
ARC update on Bedrock Automation ARC Advisory Group has just published its second report on Bedrock Automation’s progress in […]
Read More >Industrial Control System Secure By Design
Gary Mintchell, a long standing, well-respected editorial force in Industrial Automation, met Bedrock’s CEO at the recent Inductive Automation conference […]
Read More >Secure Power Supply and UPS Pass EMP Test
Bedrock Automation’s niche in the industrial control market has been made on building a unique, industrial strength, secure system that […]
Read More >Next-Gen Controllers: Secure by Design
This Automation World article explores the challenges faced by other ICS vendors as they try to play catch up using […]
Read More >Wannacry: the beat goes on…
Whether criminal or state sponsored, the relentless drum beat of cyber attacks continues to build in intensity and severity. Honda […]
Read More >Affordably Refreshing Your Water District’s Process Control Webinar (Previously Recorded)
Implementing Powerful, Open, and Secure SCADA on a Budget Watch Albert Rooyakkers, CEO of Bedrock Automation, and Don Pearson, […]
Read More >What Controller Fits Your Application?
Controllers available for modern applications include programmable logic controllers (PLCs), programmable automation controllers (PACs), distributed control systems (DCS), industrial PCs […]
Read More >Standardizing Control System Programming with IEC 61131-3
Bedrock Engineering Manager Gary Pratt discusses the application flexibility of the IEC 61131-3 in this piece featured in Control Engineering […]
Read More >Bedrock® Open Secure Automation™ Platform Upgrade Extends Intrinsic Cyber Security to Networks, IIoT and Third-Party Applications
San Jose, Calif. – February 7, 2017 – Bedrock Automation announced newly upgraded control system firmware that extends its intrinsic […]
Read More >Jacobs and Bedrock Automation to Pursue Open Secure Automation Systems Opportunities
San Jose, Calif. – January 18, 2017 – Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s most secure industrial control system […]
Read More >20-Channel Discrete Output Module from Bedrock Automation Enables Secure, Software-Selectable Electronic Fusing, Latching and Fail-safe Shutdown
San Jose, Cal. – January 31, 2017 – Bedrock Automation, maker of the world’s first Open Secure Automation (OSA®) platform […]
Read More >ARC View 2017
Bedrock Automation’s Intrinsic Cyber Defense Makes Cybersecurity Easier for End Users “Bedrock Automation has been busy expanding its portfolio […]
Read More >Bedrock Secure Power Supply Wins 2016 Breakthrough Product Award from Processing Magazine
San Jose, Calif. – December 20, 2016 – Processing magazine has named Bedrock Automation’s SPS.500 Power Supply as a Breakthrough […]
Read More >The State of Cyber Security – 2017
A good summary article, enterprise focused, but some sound advice for ICS, including a great cyber security one-liner: “Ask your […]
Read More >Making a Difference for Arkansas Utilities
This short video highlights use case details from two recent Bedrock installations. Featured in the video are Dee Brown, […]
Read More >You Don’t have to be IoT-ish to Love Cybersecurity
You don’t have to be IoT-ish to love cybersecurity. Maybe not loving security, but loving the feeling of being secure […]
Read More >Shutting Down the Internet of Things and What Happens to the IIoT without Open Systems?
It’s always nice when industry insiders, that have followed this market for years, echo your “raison d’etre” in their own […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Extends Cyber Security to Industrial Serial Communications with the New Bedrock® SIOS.5 Serial I/O Module
San Jose, Cal. – Nov. 01, 2016 – Bedrock Automation has extended cyber security to serial communications with a new […]
Read More >Bedrock’s IDE Used on Object Oriented Programming
Check out this article by Richard Jafrate using Bedrock’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) on object-oriented programming which is included in […]
Read More >Bedrock Control System Provides Cyber Secure SCADA RTU Platform for Clarksville Light and Water
San Jose, Cal. Sept. 21, 2016 — Bedrock Automation, today announced that Clarksville Light & Water (CLW), of Clarksville, Arkansas, […]
Read More >New Intelligent and Cyber Secure Standalone Power Supply from Bedrock Automation
Built to Last a Lifetime and Deliver on the IIoT Promise San Jose, Calif. – Sept 13, 2016 – […]
Read More >ARC Weighs in on Our Tesla Coil Video
ARC Advisory Group’s “Manufacturing Operations Technology Viewpoints” blog has a nice write up about out Tesla Coil video, released on […]
Read More >Bedrock Industrial Control System Passes Rigorous EMP Test Protocol
San Jose, Calif. – June 29, 2016 – Bedrock Automation (bedrockautomation.com) has announced that its Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) […]
Read More >Arkansas Water Utility Upgrades to Cyber Secure Bedrock Universal Control System
San Jose, Cal. – March 23, 2016 – Bedrock Automation announced today that the Russellville, Arkansas Water and Sewer System […]
Read More >Bedrock CTO Interviewed at ARC Forum
Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock Co-Founder, CTO and VP of Engineering was interviewed by Mark Sen Gupta at the ARC Forum in […]
Read More >The Bedrock® Control System Wins a 2015 Plant Engineering Magazine Product of the Year Award
San Jose, Calif. – The subscribers to Plant Engineering magazine have selected the Bedrock® industrial control system from Bedrock Automation […]
Read More >Bedrock® Wins Processing Magazine Breakthrough Product Award
We are excited to announce that Processing Magazine has announced BedroockTM is a Breakthrough Product 2015 award winner! These “awards recognize products, […]
Read More >Standalone Li-Ion UPS from Bedrock Automation Sets New Performance and Cyber Security Standard for Industrial Control System Backup
San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation has introduced a cyber secure, standalone Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for industrial control system […]
Read More >Coherent Technologies Joins Bedrock’s Systems Integration Network
San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation announced that systems integration firm Coherent Technologies of Palestine, Texas has signed on to […]
Read More >Lockheed Martin Awarded Next-Generation Refining and Chemical Facility Automation System Contract
This press release is big news with ExxonMobil awarding Lockheed Martin a contract to serve as the systems integrator in the […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Signs New Automation Solution Providers
San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation has signed two new Automation Solution Providers (ASPs) to help meet growing demand for […]
Read More >Why ICS Cyber Security Should be Built In
In this article in ISA’s Intech Magazine, our CTO and VP, Engineering Albert Rooyakkers explains why ICS cyber security must […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Introduces First-of-its-Kind Software Configurable 5-Channel Ethernet I/O Module with Embedded Cyber Security
San Jose, CA – Nov. 18, 2015 – With the introduction of the first software configurable 5-channel Ethernet I/O module, […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Introduces First Universal I/O Module with Embedded Cyber Security
San Jose, Cal. – Sept. 16, 2015 – Keeping with a commitment to deliver Simple, Scalable and Secure™ industrial automation, […]
Read More >The One Control System That has Addressed Cyber Security
Joe Weiss, ISA Fellow and author of Protecting Industrial Control Systems From Electronic Threats, wrote about Bedrock in his recent […]
Read More >What Happens When UPS Fails
This report highlights what can happen when a UPS fails and brings down a new SCADA system. The city […]
Read More >Bedrock Article in Industrial Automation INSIDER
Walt Boyes wrote an excellent article on our production release of Bedrock® in his July 2015 issue of Industrial Automation INSIDER. Two […]
Read More >Lithium ION Batteries Come to UPS
Control magazine interviewed Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock’s CTO, VP of Engineering, regarding our new cyber secure lithium ion UPS. Albert Rooyakkers, […]
Read More >New Product Exclusive Article!
Please see our Product Exclusive article in this month’s Control Engineering magazine. We are looking forward to production release […]
Read More >Features Added to Our Automation Controller Product
We had a good meeting with Bill Lydon at the ARC Forum in Orlando to give him an update on […]
Read More >Bedrock Releases 2nd in White Paper Series
San Jose, CA—March 27, 2015—Bedrock Automation announces the release of the second in a series of white papers on the […]
Read More >Explaining Our Control System
In this video from the 2015 ARC Industry Forum, our CEO Bob Honor explains the features of Bedrock’s universal cyber […]
Read More >ARC Industry Forum Wrap Up Thoughts
Thanks to the organizers of the ARC Forum as we had a great introduction to the leading End Users and […]
Read More >Industrial Control Redesigned
Bedrock Automation has introduced a unique set of industrial control system products that could alter the way we think about […]
Read More >Bedrock Automation Featured on Automation.com
This recent article in Automation.com by Bill Lydon on our CTO Albert Rooyakkers explains how our system is different and why […]
Read More >The Need for Robust Security in Distributed Control Systems
A new Frost & Sullivan DCS report highlights the need for robust security features in future Distributed Control Systems. […]
Read More >Interoperability is Every Engineer’s Goal
The article below from Manufacturing Connection speaks to the need for interoperability standards: Most of my research and conversations […]
Read More >Control Systems and Process Automation Blog
The “Unfettered” blog is written by Control Systems Cybersecurity Expert, Joseph M. Weiss. Mr. Weiss is an international authority on […]
Read More >The Importance of Control Systems for Analytics Tools
Splunk is a disruptive analytical tool designed to handle unstructured data typically generated by operations in the form of machine […]
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