Articles & News on Connectivity & Cybersecurity

How to Proactively Protect Your Industrial Networks

  • by Roger Chen
  • January 11, 2023
  • Feature

Increased cybersecurity incidents have been crippling critical infrastructure and harming businesses. Here's how to respond.

Powering Next-gen Servos with the Right Network Technology

  • by Tom Burke
  • January 11, 2023
  • Feature

Tom Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at CLPA, looks at the enabling solutions that are driving servo performance.

Automation.com’s Top 10 Articles of 2022

  • by Melissa Landon
  • January 10, 2023
  • Feature

View our top 10 most-viewed articles for 2022! Special thanks to Digi-Key for contributing our top two byline articles of the year.

67% of Companies Say They've Lost Deals Because of Low Confidence in Their Security Strategy

  • January 6, 2023
  • News

Global research has found that external stakeholders are increasingly expecting vendors to meet specific security requirements to win and retain business.

Next-gen Warehouse Operations Start with Next-gen Wireless

  • by Mark Brant
  • January 5, 2023
  • Feature

There’s no point in upgrading to Industry 4.0 applications such as IoT, robotics and automation if your existing network isn’t up to it in terms of performance and scalability.

EtherCAT International Technology Week World Series Has Successful Debut

  • January 4, 2023
  • News

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) successfully launched the EtherCAT International Technology Week (ITW) world series, which took place in an online format from Nov. 21-25, 2022.

Defending Remote-friendly Environments from Cyberattacks

  • by Damon Purvis
  • January 3, 2023
  • Feature

Use layered defenses to provide cybersecurity for remote OT assets. This feature originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

ISASecure Announces Certification for IIoT Component Security

  • December 29, 2022
  • News

The ISASecure program announced a new ISASecure certification for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) components based on the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Practical IIoT and Wireless Network Practices for Modern Mining

  • by Bas Mutsaers, Mark O. Harris , Joanne Sun and Robert Zwick
  • December 22, 2022
  • Feature

Automation, IIoT and wireless technologies are fundamental to current mining and metals companies. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Want a Recession-Proof Career? Here’s the Case for a Job in Cybersecurity

  • by JD Harris
  • December 22, 2022
  • Feature

The cyber threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, but with more than 760,000 open positions in the US, the gap between supply and demand remains wide.