Industrial Control Safety

Rapid Software LLC's industrial automation platform, Rapid SCADA, has been found to be susceptible to multiple critical vulnerabilities, posing significant risks of remote code execution, unauthorized access and privilege escalation. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a bulletin detailing the potential vulnerabilities and urging immediate action.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is seen as the next step after the industrialization of computer automation that has occurred over the past fifty years. This new revolution is driven by buzzwords such as IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), integrated cyber-physical systems, big data, artificial intelligence and digital twins. It's no different in the chemical industry. But no matter how they make facilities "smarter," all of these technologies have two things in common: they are data-driven and require hyper-connectivity. These two characteristics represent the next big challenge for cybersecurity in these industrial environments.