Process control systems in the chemical industry: Safety vs. security

Process Safety Knowledge Management in the Chemical Process Industry

Chemical process industry is a high risk industry which can result in catastrophic casualties, loss of properties, and environment damage. Process safety should always come first in the chemical process industry. Researchers have made great efforts to make the chemical process industry safer for people and the environment. Effective process safety management is the guarantee for process safety....

Security vs safety

1 Background This brief paper is written for use in the course ‘Security – analyse og ledelse’. The main purpose of the paper is to introduce the term security and to discuss differences between security and safety. The reason for this discussion is security management’s lack of academic foothold. Nevertheless, safety management has a long tradition of scientific research. Thus, as will be show...

The Process Matters: Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems The Process Matters: Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems

An industrial control system (ICS) is a computer system that controls industrial processes such as power plants, water and gas distribution, food production, etc. Since cyber-attacks on an ICS may have devastating consequences on human lives and safety in general, the security of ICS is important. In this context, the most valuable asset is the process that is under the control of the ICS. As a...

Safety Applications of Computer Based Systems for the Process Industry

goal is to raise awareness in process industry around the problem of safety applications of computer based systems and provide indications of today's best practices. The document does not intend to be neither a guideline nor a state-of-art. Participation of individuals in the development of this document shall not be construed as an unreserved endorsement of the proposed practices by the indivi...

Safety Enforcement in Process Control Systems