The Hidden Risks of Legacy Systems: Why Your Old PLCs are a Security Goldmine

In many manufacturing facilities across the country, there is a silent veteran working tirelessly in the corner of a control cabinet. It might be an Allen-Bradley SLC 500 or a PLC-5: hardware that has reliably governed production lines for twenty, sometimes thirty years. To many plant managers, these systems are a testament to "if it … Read more

Beyond the Firewall: Applying ISA/IEC 62443 in Modern Manufacturing

Based in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Complete Control Solutions (CCS) provides industrial automation, control systems integration, robotics, and engineering solutions for manufacturers throughout Central Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region. In the early days of industrial automation, security was often an afterthought, largely because most facilities relied on “air-gapping”: the physical isolation of control networks from the internet … Read more