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How to develop SIF proof tests
How to develop SIF proof tests

Proof testing is an integral part of the maintenance of the safety integrity of our safety instrumented systems (SIS) and safety-related systems. Here's how to develop and implement safety instrumented function (SIF) proof tests.
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Microsegmentation for refining safety systems - Help Net Security
Microsegmentation for refining safety systems - Help Net Security

Microsegmentation makes SIS networks thoroughly monitored and thoroughly-secured “pockets of discipline” in otherwise very fluid manufacturing environments.
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Shell Shares Perspectives on Cyber PHA and Managing Cyber Risk at ARC Forum | ARC Advisory
Shell Shares Perspectives on Cyber PHA and Managing Cyber Risk at ARC Forum | ARC Advisory

Shell Projects & Technology talked about an approach they are exploring to integrate cybersecurity risk assessment into traditional process hazard analysis (PHA) methods.
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Survey finds process safety stuck in status quo, Sphera says - Chemical Engineering
Survey finds process safety stuck in status quo, Sphera says - Chemical Engineering

Companies responding to the 2019 Operational Risk and Process Safety Management Survey* conducted by Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com), the largest gl
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Cyberwar: The Complete Guide
Cyberwar: The Complete Guide

The threat of cyberwar looms over the future: a new dimension of conflict capable of leapfrogging borders and teleporting the chaos of war to civilians thousands of miles beyond its front.
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How to acquire SIS expertise
How to acquire SIS expertise

One of the key indicators of competency besides experience is training. This article discusses some of the training options available to develop skills in SIS engineering, and to help engineers become competent in this area to meet the requirements of IEC 61511.
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Diagnostics effects on SILs and spurious trips
Diagnostics effects on SILs and spurious trips

How reliability data validation (RDV) should be applied to properly determine if safety system devices are individually capable of satisfying the target safety integrity level (SIL) rating, and verify if the whole safety system implementation performs according to design.
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Layer of Protection Analysis: Key points to improve a layperson’s understanding
Layer of Protection Analysis: Key points to improve a layperson’s understanding

PM Group's Richard Coffey outlines a number of points to help improve communication and provide a better understanding of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) among safety professionals, operations personnel and production managers
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Safety Engineering Meets Behavioral Science
Safety Engineering Meets Behavioral Science

Technological advances might require safety engineers and machine operators to rethink safety needs. Our latest survey reveals how the human side of safety engineering is evolving, and what challenges lie ahead.
Automation World Automation World
The Value of Safety Instrumented Systems - Chemical Engineering
The Value of Safety Instrumented Systems - Chemical Engineering

A safety instrumented system (SIS) is important to ensure the safe operation of a plant. The SIS requires up-to-date sensors — recent developments in vortex flowmeters are presented here
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Safety & Security – The last line of defence is restored
Safety & Security – The last line of defence is restored

Safety in process plants extends to mitigating the effect of any plant failure. Considerable efforts are made to protect people, the environment and plant assets from damage caused by the plant. Safety is a balance between the residual risk of damage and the effort being taken to reduce such risk. In this article, Dr. Alexander…
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ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference To Focus On The Latest Automation And Manufacturing Technologies
ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference To Focus On The Latest Automation And Manufacturing Technologies

The best and brightest minds in the process industries will return to Houston this fall to present solutions to the most pressing challenges in...
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Manufacturers Can Make Safety a Profit Center
Manufacturers Can Make Safety a Profit Center

Schneider Electric outlines how the soon-to-be announced Safety Advisor technology, based on Triconex and EcoStruxure, will create a “profitable safety” business model.
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Limits of LOPA
Limits of LOPA

Limitations and misuse of layers of protection analysis
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Combat Cybersecurity Threats To Process Safety
Combat Cybersecurity Threats To Process Safety

Poor management-of-change (MOC) procedures for industrial control systems have contributed to major catastrophes. The heightened emphasis on cybersecurity ratchets up the importance of effective MOC.
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