Must Industry Choose Between Security or Efficiency?

Article from: Automation.com, November 2011

 

Automation.com ran two side-by-side articles in its Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC) Update eNewsletter:

 

Really, Really, Really Cyber Secure

Automation & Control Getting iPhone App Enabled

 

The contrast between these two articles beautifully captures an issue the automation industry must resolve in the next few years.

 

Eric Byres questions "must we sacrifice these gains in efficiency that modern technologies offer if we want our utilities and factories to be secure?"

 

Must Industry Choose Between Security or Efficiency?