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CISA Issues New Ransomware Guide

October 6, 2020
Sam Galpin

Sam Galpin, Bedrock Automation Fellow The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a new Ransomware Guide. […]

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Bedrock Automation – September Newsletter 2020

September 29, 2020
Robert Bergman

September highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Understanding and Managing ICS Cyber Security Threats […]

Advanced Automation

School of Bedrock Opens Virtual Doors for Free Open Secure Automation Training

September 28, 2020
Craig Allen

Bedrock Automation virtual training center was already under construction when the pandemic hit and it is now online. Jack Black […]

Industry Events

It’s a New World, Does Your Oil & Gas Flow Computer Know That?

September 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

The following is an excerpt from the recent Bedrock/Global Spec webinar It’s a New World, Does Your Oil & Gas […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Understanding and Managing ICS Cyber Security Threats to U.S. Water and Wastewater Utilities

September 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

“Government intelligence confirms the water and wastewater sector is under a direct threat as part of a foreign government’s multistage […]

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Bedrock Automation – August Newsletter 2020

September 2, 2020
Robert Bergman

August highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Signs of Hope in Cyber Security, But […]

Cyber Attacks

U.S. Security Agencies Warn of Cyber Attack Threats to Unauthenticated PLCs and other OT

August 27, 2020
Robert Bergman

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have urged critical infrastructure facilities to take […]

Cyber Attacks

Encrypt or Be Encrypted: Mysterious Ransomware Attacks OT

August 27, 2020
Robert Bergman

A second bit of ransomware code designed to target industrial control systems has emerged. Similar to the Megacortex malware that […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Signs of Hope in Cyber Security, But …

August 27, 2020
Robert Bergman

Accenture has published its 2020 Cybersecurity Resilience Report based on its survey of 4,644 executives in 24 industries. Although few […]

Cyber Security & Standards

US CISA Issues Advisory for Ensuring That Essential IT and OT Workers Have Access to Facilities

August 20, 2020
Robert Bergman

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Administration (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security have issued advisory guidance on ensuring […]

Cyber Attacks

U.S. Agencies Warn About New Malware Threat Exploiting Proxy Server Vulnerabilities

August 4, 2020
Robert Bergman

The CISA, the FBI, and the DoD have issued a malware report warning about the dangerous new TAIDOOR malware variant. […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Driving Costs out of Upstream Oil & Gas Operations with Open Secure Automation

July 31, 2020
Robert Bergman

A recent study from Rystad Energy Group estimates that automation and digitalization can save upstream operators $100 billion in the […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Limited Scalability Challenges ROI for Bolt-on OT Network Cyber Security

July 31, 2020
Robert Bergman

Writing in a recent issue of helpnetsecurity.com, SCADAfence CEO Elad Ben-Meir calls attention to a significant drawback of bolt-on industrial […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Is there life after $30 oil?

July 31, 2020
Robert Bergman

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) sets $37 a barrel as the best possible oil price by the end of 2020. […]

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Bedrock Automation – July Newsletter 2020

July 31, 2020
Robert Bergman

July highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Surviving and thriving with $30 oil: Falling […]

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Bedrock Automation – June Newsletter 2020

June 30, 2020
Robert Bergman

June highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Trust factors in COVID-19 pandemic recovery: COVID-19 […]

Cyber Security & Standards

New OT Cyber Security Training and Information Resources Now Available from Bedrock

June 25, 2020
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation is announcing that the OT cyber security resources developed over the past few months are now available for […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Cut the cards: Zero Trust in the Critical Infrastructure.

June 25, 2020
Robert Bergman

“Trust everyone — but cut the cards,” is essentially the premise of Zero Trust cyber security. Zero Trust assumes that […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Trust factors in COVID-19 pandemic recovery

June 25, 2020
Robert Bergman

As countries, states and businesses begin to reopen, we do so with cause and some anticipation. Deloitte & Touche explores […]

Cyber Attacks

Addressing Industrial Power Supply Vulnerabilities

June 23, 2020
Robert Bergman

The concerns about industrial power supplies that cybersecurity authority Joe Weiss raised in his “Unfettered” Controlglobal.com blog in 2018 are […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The Missing Link to ‘Industry 4.0/Digitalization’

June 18, 2020
Robert Bergman

In a recent Automation.com editorial, editor Bill Lydon calls for increased vendor compliance and certification to open interoperable programming standards. He writes: “Regardless […]

Advanced Automation

Hart Energy Product Showcase Includes Bedrock OSA +Flow

June 5, 2020
Robert Bergman

Hart Energy, a leading provider of oil & gas industry news, data and analysis has included OSA Remote +Flow in its […]

Industry Events

Flow Control magazine selects Bedrock OSA Remote +Flow as a Finalist for 2020 Innovation Award

June 5, 2020
Robert Bergman

Flow Control magazine, a leading resource for fluid handling professionals, has selected Bedrock OSA Remote +Flow as a finalist for its 2020 […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Understanding IIoT Batteries and Power Protection at the Edge

June 5, 2020
Robert Bergman

Uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are evolving to deliver the high continuity needed in the digital age and battery technology is […]

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Bedrock Automation – May 2020 Newsletter

May 30, 2020
Robert Bergman

May highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: President Declares National Emergency Regarding Bulk Power […]

Cyber Attacks

The Grim Realities of Electronic Component Counterfeiting

May 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

If you have ever had doubts that electronic component counterfeiting is real, this 2017 article on the website Ataviat will […]

Cyber Security & Standards

New Executive Order Bans Procurement of Some Electrical Devices from U.S. Adversaries

May 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

On May 1, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency with respect to the threat to the U.S. bulk-power systems […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Publishes Expanded Power Checklists

May 18, 2020
Robert Bergman

As part of the May 7, 2020 Automation.com / Bedrock Automation webinar entitled “Empowering Power for the Digital Age,” Bedrock […]

Industry Events

Empowering Power for the Digital Age Webinar Now Available On-Demand

May 13, 2020
Robert Bergman

The on-demand version of our recent webinar, “Empowering Power for the Digital Age,” is now available. In the webinar, […]

Cyber Attacks

Hackers Knew How to Target PLCs in Israel Water Facility Attacks (SecurityWeek Article)

May 4, 2020
Robert Bergman

Israeli authorities have instructed wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, sewage facilities, and other organizations in the country’s water sector to […]

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Bedrock Automation – April 2020 Newsletter

April 30, 2020
Robert Bergman

April highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: It’s Just a Power Supply. What Could […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Automation and Automation.com Webinar Explores Next Generation of Power Integrity management

April 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

The benefits of smarter, interconnected devices are becoming more apparent every day and with that, their need for continuous, reliable […]

Advanced Automation

Empowering Industrial Power for the Digital Age

April 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

Traditional industrial power supplies are ill-equipped to meet the demands of the digital age. While they were once designed as […]

Cyber Attacks

It’s Just a Power Supply. What Could Possibly go Wrong?

April 28, 2020
Robert Bergman

Power supplies are emerging as a significant source of vulnerability to cyberattack. Cyber security experts at the Department of Homeland […]

Advanced Automation

Identifying and Mitigating Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities

April 21, 2020
Sam Galpin

Although a recent MIT paper introducing the concept of cybersafety is not light reading, it is must reading for anyone […]

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Bedrock Automation – March 2020 Newsletter

March 30, 2020
Robert Bergman

March highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Remote Monitoring Comes of Age Selecting a […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Updates Open Secure Automation Platform Specification

March 24, 2020
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Cal. – March 23, 2020 – Bedrock Automation has updated the platform specification covering its entire line of […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Remote Monitoring Comes of Age

March 24, 2020
Robert Bergman

Remote possibilities Companies with geographically dispersed operations, such as upstream and midstream oil and gas facilities, can benefit from […]

Cyber Attacks

Ransomware Leads to Pipeline Shutdown

March 23, 2020
Robert Bergman

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed last month that unknown entities had launched a cyberattack on the […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock embeds Flow-Cal algorithms in firmware

March 3, 2020
Robert Bergman

A Control Magazine exclusive announces the availability of two new Bedrock products: OSA +Flow and OSA Remote +Flow. Read how […]

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Bedrock Automation – February 2020 Newsletter

March 3, 2020
Kate Pinckney

February highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Flow Computing Goes Digital Bedrock Integrates […]

Advanced Automation

Review: The New Bedrock OSA +Flow Digital Flow Computer

February 24, 2020
Shawn Bellamy

Why I’m excited about the New OSA® +Flow solution from Bedrock Automation Shawn Bellamy, G&C Optimization Each year, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Flow Computing Goes Digital

February 24, 2020
Shawn Bellamy

Small discrepancies in custody transfer calculation can make a big difference on the bottom line of an oil & gas […]

Industry Events

VIDEO: Remote Bump-less Firmware Upgrades. Anytime. Anywhere.

February 13, 2020
Robert Bergman

For Automation World magazine, Bedrock Automation experts demonstrate how firmware updates to the Bedrock Open Secure Automation platform can be […]

Industry Events

VIDEO: Digital Oil & Gas Flow Computing and Control up Close

February 13, 2020
Robert Bergman

At ARC Industry Forum 2020, Automation World asked Bedrock Automation founder and CEO Albert Rooyakkers to describe how the new […]

Industry Events

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation Integrates Flow-Cal Flow Measurement into Open Secure Automation (OSA®) Platform

February 2, 2020
Robert Bergman

The combination of Bedrock OSA and Flow-Cal algorithms brings oil and gas measurement and custody transfer securely into the digital […]

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Bedrock Automation – January 2020 Newsletter

January 31, 2020
Robert Bergman

January highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Industrial Control Systems as Weaponry Study […]

Industry Events

Bedrock and Customers Present at ARC Industry Forum 2020

January 29, 2020
Robert Bergman

Bedrock and our OSA platform have always attracted considerable attention at the ARC Industry Forum, and this year that will […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Study Results: Midstream Automation Trends

January 27, 2020
Robert Bergman

Recent data collected in relation to the Future Midstream Automation Conference indicates that midstream companies are upping their spending on […]

Cyber Attacks

Industrial Control Systems as Weapons

January 27, 2020
Robert Bergman

In a recent Dark Reading feature, Kelly Higgins Jackson describes how cyber threats to aging industrial operational technology have advanced […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation: December 2019 Newsletter

December 23, 2019
Robert Bergman

December highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: State of Industrial Cyber Security 2019 […]

Cyber Attacks

Extracting Value from Smart Infrastructure

December 16, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

Dr. Rida Hamza, VP, Critical Infrastructure Protection at the global engineering firm Parsons, sees the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Six IoT Security Predictions for 2020

December 16, 2019
Robert Bergman

It’s that time of the year and everybody is making predictions. IoT World Today has joined in the crystal gazing, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

State of Industrial Cyber Security 2019

December 16, 2019
Robert Bergman

Applied Risk, a Netherlands-based engineering firm specializing in cyber security for operational technology, has developed a report on The State of […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – November 2019 Newsletter

November 25, 2019
Robert Bergman

November highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Built-in Cyber Security vs. Built-in Cyber […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Cyber Security Insurance for Manufacturers

November 22, 2019
Robert Bergman

In response to the growing threats posed to U.S. industrial firms by data breaches, ransomware and other malicious cyber activity, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Built-in Cyber Security vs. Built-in Cyber Security

November 22, 2019
Robert Bergman

If any of today’s large vendors of automation systems offer cyber security protection, odds are good that it has been […]

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Bedrock Automation – October 2019 Newsletter

October 31, 2019
Robert Bergman

October highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Who needs IEC 61131? Hacking the […]

Cyber Attacks

Hacking the Electronics Supply Chain: Easier Than you Think?

October 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

If you thought that hacking into an electronic manufacturer’s component supply chain required a fab of one’s own, think again. […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Who needs IEC 61131?

October 30, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

In May of 2018, Control Design printed an interesting reader comment trail discussing the benefits of open computing. It consisted […]

Advanced Automation

BEDROCK AUTOMATION AMONG TOP 20 INNOVATIVE CYBERSECURITY SOLUTION PROVIDERS

October 25, 2019
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation was named one of the Top 20 Innovative Cybersecurity Solution Providers in 2019 by EnterpriseTechSuccess magazine. Read the […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: B&D INDUSTRIAL AND BEDROCK AUTOMATION ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

October 7, 2019
Robert Bergman

B&D Industrial and Bedrock Automation Announce Strategic Partnership to Disrupt the Conventional Thinking about Industrial Cyber Security in the Southeast […]

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Bedrock Automation – September 2019 Newsletter

September 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

September highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Weathering the Storm Foul-Weather Friend Version […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Building on Bedrock – Your Foul Weather Friend

September 19, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

Although Bedrock is known for its unrivaled intrinsic cybersecurity, the following other intrinsic features can make it your best friend […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Weathering the storm

September 19, 2019
Robert Bergman

While the debate about the causes and treatments of climate change rages on, few people doubt that weather patterns are […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock Announces Free Release of IDE Service Pack V1.10.1

September 17, 2019
Robert Bergman

Bedrock has recently released a new Service Pack in support of the August 2019 release of our free Engineering Software […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – August 2019 Newsletter Issue

August 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

August highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Well Site Automation in Transition Bedrock presents […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Well Site Teams Discuss Automation Plans

August 29, 2019
Robert Bergman

In the run-up to the forthcoming Future Well Site Automation Summit (Sept. 12, Houston) the organizers surveyed 120 automation leaders, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Fast Track to Real-Time Monitoring

August 29, 2019
Robert Bergman

An August Storm Water Solutions story about how the City of Lynchburg, Virginia implemented a public information system, exemplifies the […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock Announces Release 1.10 of Free Engineering Software

August 20, 2019
Craig Allen

Bedrock Automation has recently released the improved Bedrock IDE 1.10. Amongst its many new features is a completely redesigned Device […]

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Bedrock Automation – July 2019 Newsletter Issue

July 31, 2019
Robert Bergman

July highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: When IT and OT Meet, What […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Is the Industry Getting Complacent?

July 30, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

Although 50% of the respondents to a 2019 SANS report on OT/ ICS cyber security rate threats high or critical, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

When IT and OT Meet, What Happens to Cyber Security?

July 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

Applying information technology (IT) to operational technology (OT) is essential to realizing the promise of industrial digitalization, but with it […]

Cyber Attacks

Securing The Digital Oil Field

July 1, 2019
Sam Galpin

Intrinsic cybersecurity, open standards and Moore’s law have converged to enable a new era of wellsite productivity improvement. Petroleum […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – June 2019 Newsletter Issue

June 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

June highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Engineering Open SCADA with the Bedrock […]

Cyber Attacks

Supply Chains Under Attack

June 27, 2019
Robert Bergman

More proof that the instrumentation and control industry is concerned about supply chain security is evident in the fact that […]

Cyber Attacks

ICS and Supply Chain Security Gaining National Attention

June 27, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

On the heels of its recent delineation of key components of the critical infrastructure, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]

Cyber Attacks

How Locally-Sourced, Intrinsically-Secure Components Keep the Supply Chain Secure

June 27, 2019
Sam Galpin

Bedrock Automation anticipated the possibility of supply chain counterfeiting and contamination when we designed the system five years ago and […]

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Bedrock Automation – May 2019 Newsletter Issue

May 31, 2019
Robert Bergman

May highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Bedrock Extends Open Secure Automation for […]

Cyber Attacks

The Case for Intrinsic Cybersecurity

May 1, 2019
Sam Galpin

How to obtain the cost and performance benefits of open technology without exposure to cyberattack Control systems change slowly. […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Open Secure Automation OSA^® Remote Controller Wins Design News Golden Mousetrap Innovation Award

April 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

San Jose, California – February 13, 2019 – Bedrock Automation announced today that the editors of Design News have recognized […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – April 2019 Newsletter Issue

April 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

April highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Industrial IoT on the Rise A […]

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Bedrock Automation – March 2019 Newsletter Issue

March 5, 2019
Robert Bergman

March highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: White hats needed Securing the component […]

Advanced Automation

System Integrator Reviews Bedrock Technology

February 28, 2019
Robert Bergman

System engineer Evan Hewitt of Corso Systems recently published a technical review of Bedrock Open Secure Automation offering on his […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – February 2019 Newsletter Issue

February 5, 2019
Robert Bergman

February highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Extending Bedrock OSA® to legacy systems […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: New OSA® Advancements from Bedrock Automation Protect Legacy Systems, Support MQTT, and Enable Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

February 4, 2019
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – February 4, 2019 – Bedrock Automation, the world leader in Open Secure Automation (OSA®), has announced […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation and Wood partner to advance Open Secure Automation (OSA®)

February 4, 2019
Robert Bergman

San Jose, California – February 4, 2019 – Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s most secure open industrial control […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Temblor Petroleum Implements Bedrock Open Secure Automation for Cloud-based Well Head Monitoring and Control

January 29, 2019
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – January 29, 2019 – Bedrock Automation announced today that Temblor Petroleum is implementing Bedrock® Open Secure […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Oil & Gas Engineering Readers Select Bedrock OSA® Remote as a 2018 Best Product of the Year

January 11, 2019
Robert Bergman

SAN JOSE, CA., USA — January 11, 2018 — The readers of Oil & Gas Engineering magazine have voted Bedrock […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Processing Magazine Names the Bedrock OSA® Remote a 2018 Breakthrough Product

January 10, 2019
Robert Bergman

SAN JOSE, CAL., USA — January 9, 2019—Processing magazine has recognized Bedrock OSA Remote as a 2018 Breakthrough Product. The […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation Receives Achilles® Certification for Cyber Hardening on OSA® Remote

January 7, 2019
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – January 07, 2019 –Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock Open Secure Automation System (OSA®), has received […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – January 2019 Newsletter Issue

January 5, 2019
Robert Bergman

January highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Bedrock OSA® is the IIoT OSA® […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – October 2018 Newsletter Issue

December 6, 2018
Robert Bergman

October highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Oil & Gas Engineering Magazine Product […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Automation – November 2018 Newsletter Issue

December 6, 2018
Robert Bergman

November highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: OSA Remote is Shipping Join Albert […]

Industry Events

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation Demonstrates End-to-End SCADA Security at 2018 Ignition Community Conference

September 16, 2018
Robert Bergman

FOLSOM, CAL. – Sept. 17, 2018 – At this year’s Inductive Automation Ignition Community Conference (ICC), Bedrock Automation is demonstrating commercially available […]

Cyber Security & Standards

P&GJ Article: Securing Open SCADA Systems for Pipeline Operations

September 9, 2018
Robert Bergman

Traditional SCADA systems on which many pipeline operators rely for operational control are vulnerable in at least three main areas: […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Webinar Recording: Open and Secure SCADA: Efficient and Economical Control, Without the Risk

September 9, 2018
Robert Bergman

With our SCADA solutions partner, Induction Automation, Bedrock Automation recently presented the webinar that focused on how industrial organizations decrease their security […]

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Bedrock Automation – September 2018 Newsletter Issue

September 3, 2018
Robert Bergman

September highlights, industry news, and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: July 31 Webinar Recording: Open and […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – July 2018 Issue

July 31, 2018
Robert Bergman

July highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: The Virtues of Built-in Cyber Security: […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: New White Paper from Bedrock Automation Enables Comparison and Calculation of Industrial Control System Lifecycle Costs

July 18, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – July 18, 2018 – Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) system, has […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Enhanced Security and Performance for Remote Site Automation

July 18, 2018
Robert Bergman

We asked one of our strategic high-tech distributors what was driving his customers’ strong interest in the Bedrock OSA® Remote. […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – June 2018 Issue

June 28, 2018
Robert Bergman

June highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Engineering Open SCADA with the Bedrock […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: New Case Study from Bedrock Shows How Upgrading a PLC to Open Secure Automation (OSA) Improves Flow Filter Performance

June 27, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – June 27, 2018 – Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) system, has […]

Advanced Automation

Why One Automation End User Chose Bedrock OSA^® Remote

June 4, 2018
Robert Bergman

We asked one of the first people to order a Bedrock OSA® Remote what he was hoping to get from […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – May 2018 Issue

May 31, 2018
Robert Bergman

May highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Bedrock Extends Open Secure Automation for […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Wunderlich-Malec and Bedrock Automation Form Strategic Partnership

May 8, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. and Eden Prairie, Minn. – May 8, 2018 – Wunderlich-Malec, one of the top 10 system integrators […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Tatsoft Authenticates FactoryStudio 2018 SCADA Software to the Bedrock^® Open Secure Automation^® Platform

April 24, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Francisco, Calif. – CSIA Executive Conference – April 24, 2018 – Bedrock Automation and Tatsoft have announced that Tatsoft […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Extends Open Secure Automation for Low-cost Remote PLC, SCADA RTU and Edge Control

April 17, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – April 17, 2018 – Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) system, has […]

Cyber Security & Standards

SECURE THE SYSTEM: Approaches to security for OPC UA SCADA systems

April 9, 2018
Robert Bergman

In his March feature for Water & Wastes Digest Chris Harlow explains how Open Secure Automation enables Secure OPC UA. […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – March 2018 Issue

March 30, 2018
Robert Bergman

March highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Delivering on promises: video interview with […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock CEO Interviewed at ARC Forum 2018

March 20, 2018
Robert Bergman

Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock CEO was interviewed by Mark Sen Gupta at the ARC Forum in Orlando, Florida. Albert discusses the […]

Cyber Attacks

Hackers Target Utility Control Systems

March 19, 2018
Robert Bergman

U.S government officials are urging water utilities to pay more attention to the rising threat of cyber attack. Recent discovery […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – February 2018 Issue

February 28, 2018
Robert Bergman

February highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Fish-friendly Automation. City of Lynchburg’s Jason […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock^® Cybershield 3.0 Delivers on the Promise of Open Secure Automation (OSA^® ) with a Suite of Cyber Defense Tools and Open SCADA Partners

February 12, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – February 12, 2018 – As part of their participation at the ARC Conference, Bedrock Automation has […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The Embedded Cybersecurity Trend

February 8, 2018
Robert Bergman

Though IT and software-based approaches to industrial cybersecurity will continue to be critical aspects of automation system security, embedded firmware-based […]

Advanced Automation

INSIDER January 2018

February 8, 2018
Robert Bergman

Walt Boyes, Editor and Publisher at The Industrial Automation and Process Control INSIDER, wrote a terrific article entitled “The Future […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – January 2018 Issue

February 5, 2018
Robert Bergman

January highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Comprehensive Cyber Security Best Practices White […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Releases SCADA Security Platform Specification for OPC UA

February 5, 2018
Robert Bergman

Leading SCADA Software Vendors Commit to Using Specification to Deliver Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA®) Solutions San Jose, Calif. […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The Quintessential Quality for Control Systems

February 2, 2018
Robert Bergman

ARC update on Bedrock Automation ARC Advisory Group has just published its second report on Bedrock Automation’s progress in […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation Releases Comprehensive ICS Cyber Security Best Practices White Paper

January 16, 2018
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Cal. – January 16, 2018 – Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s first Open Secure Automation (OSA®) […]

Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity in the 21st Century

December 19, 2017
Robert Bergman

ICS vendors are traditionally large firms that are established in their ways of operation. At present, there is a certain […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock OSA® Control System to Include Intrinsic Anomaly Detection

December 19, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Cal. – December 19, 2017 – Bedrock Automation, manufacturer of the world’s first industrial control system with layered […]

Cyber Attacks

Hackers halt plant operations in watershed cyber attack

December 18, 2017
Robert Bergman

It was only a matter of time. “Triton” has emerged as third computer virus discovered to date that is capable […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – November 2017 Issue

November 30, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

November highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: IDE Version 1.6 now available for […]

Cyber Attacks

Industrial Cybersecurity Explosion

November 2, 2017
Robert Bergman

David Greenfield, editor of Automation World,in his recent article Industrial Cybersecurity Explosion, emphasizes that manufacturers must stop ignoring or downplaying […]

Cyber Attacks

How safe is your ICS? US-CERT Warns of Active attacks.

November 1, 2017
Robert Bergman

US-CERT issued a technical alert advisory on October 21 warning of advanced persistent threat activity targeting energy and other critical […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – October 2017 Issue

October 31, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

October highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Why Open and Secure Automation (OSA®) […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock Automation Wins Chemical Processing 2017 Vaaler Award for Bedrock Open Secure Automation Platform

October 12, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif., USA — October 12, 2017 — Bedrock Automation has won Chemical Processing magazine’s Vaaler Award for the […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – September 2017 Issue

September 28, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

September highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Bedrock’s Cyber-Secure, Open Technology City of […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Industrial Control System Secure By Design

September 27, 2017
Robert Bergman

Gary Mintchell, a long standing, well-respected editorial force in Industrial Automation, met Bedrock’s CEO at the recent Inductive Automation conference […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: City of Lynchburg Wastewater Treatment Plant Implements Bedrock® for Simplicity, Scalability and Security

September 19, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – Sept. 19, 2017 – Bedrock Automation announced today that the City of Lynchburg, Virginia has selected […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Growing Midstream Oil and Gas Service Provider Selects Bedrock^® Open Secure Automation Platform

September 6, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – September 06, 2017 – Bedrock Automation announced today that Pinnacle Midstream, a Houston-based supplier of storage […]

Cyber Attacks

Is the Power Grid Getting More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks?

August 28, 2017
Robert Bergman

Here at Bedrock, we couldn’t agree more with Scientific American that protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure needs to be a […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – July 2017 Issue

July 27, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

July highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: EMP hardening of Bedrock Power and […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Secure Power Supply and UPS Pass EMP Test

July 20, 2017
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation’s niche in the industrial control market has been made on building a unique, industrial strength, secure system that […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Next-Gen Controllers: Secure by Design

July 6, 2017
Robert Bergman

This Automation World article explores the challenges faced by other ICS vendors as they try to play catch up using […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock® Secure Power Supply and Secure Lithium UPS Pass Rigorous EMP Test Protocol

June 28, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – June 28, 2017 – Bedrock Automation announced that both its secure power supply (SPS.500) and lithium […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Wannacry: the beat goes on…

June 23, 2017
Robert Bergman

Whether criminal or state sponsored, the relentless drum beat of cyber attacks continues to build in intensity and severity. Honda […]

Cyber Attacks

Yet another virus behind the Ukrainian power grid cyberattacks has been identified – and brings considerable cause for concern.

June 14, 2017
Robert Bergman

“Industroyer” is customizable malware designed with an obvious knowledge of industrial control systems. It can be used to attack any […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock® Open Secure Automation™ Provides Intrinsic Cyber Security for Remote Networks, IIoT and Third-Party Applications

June 13, 2017
Robert Bergman

Calgary, Canada. – June 13, 2017 – At this year’s Global Petroleum show, Bedrock Automation demonstrated newly upgraded control system […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – May 2017 Issue

May 23, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

May highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: The Bedrock IDE download Bedrock Secure […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Affordably Refreshing Your Water District’s Process Control Webinar (Previously Recorded)

May 18, 2017
Robert Bergman

Implementing Powerful, Open, and Secure SCADA on a Budget Watch Albert Rooyakkers, CEO of Bedrock Automation, and Don Pearson, […]

Advanced Automation

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock® Secure UPS Takes Gold in Plant Engineering’s 2016 Product of the Year Program

May 11, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – May 11, 2017–Bedrock Automation, maker of the Bedrock Open Secure Automation™ system, announced today that the […]

Cyber Security & Standards

NEWS RELEASE: Bedrock® Open Secure Automation™ Controller Receives Achilles Certification

May 3, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – May 3, 2017 – Bedrock Automation has announced that its Secure Control and Communications (SCC) controller […]

Cyber Attacks

ClearEnergy Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure, SCADA and Industrial Control Systems

April 24, 2017
Robert Bergman

This recent article featured on Virusguides.com bring awareness to a new and troubling Ransomware known as ClearEnergy.

Cyber Attacks

U.S. Oil and Gas: Serious Security Concerns Abound

April 12, 2017
Robert Bergman

A recent Ponemon Institute study stated a majority of respondents (68%) had at least one security compromise in the past […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – Apr 2017 Issue

April 7, 2017
Albert Rooyakkers

April highlights, industry news and happenings from Bedrock Automation. This issue features: Bedrock Announcement of Cybershield 2.0 and […]

Cyber Attacks

Industrial Control Systems: The Holy Grail of Cyberwar

March 28, 2017
Robert Bergman

Regulators and utility industry leaders need to wake up to the risks that could let malicious hackers cause widespread physical […]

Advanced Automation

What Controller Fits Your Application?

March 20, 2017
Dee Brown

Controllers available for modern applications include programmable logic controllers (PLCs), programmable automation controllers (PACs), distributed control systems (DCS), industrial PCs […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Standardizing Control System Programming with IEC 61131-3

March 20, 2017
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Engineering Manager Gary Pratt discusses the application flexibility of the IEC 61131-3 in this piece featured in Control Engineering […]

Cyber Attacks

Android Supply Chain Infecting Mobiles with Malware Before Delivery

March 20, 2017
Robert Bergman

There is no doubt that increasingly sophisticated bad actors will exploit every available avenue to gain access in an increasingly […]

Newsletters

Bedrock Newsletter – Feb 2017 Issue

February 28, 2017
Robert Bergman

Read the latest from Bedrock Automation. Our February issue features: Cybershield 2.0 Availability Announced Cybershield 2.0 Every thing you […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Open Secure Automation OSA® Platform Wins Design News Golden Mousetrap Innovation Award

February 23, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – February 23, 2017 — Bedrock Automation announced today that the editors of Design News have recognized […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock® Open Secure Automation™ Platform Upgrade Extends Intrinsic Cyber Security to Networks, IIoT and Third-Party Applications

February 7, 2017

San Jose, Calif. – February 7, 2017 – Bedrock Automation announced newly upgraded control system firmware that extends its intrinsic […]

Advanced Automation

Jacobs and Bedrock Automation to Pursue Open Secure Automation Systems Opportunities

February 2, 2017
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – January 18, 2017 – Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s most secure industrial control system […]

Cyber Security & Standards

20-Channel Discrete Output Module from Bedrock Automation Enables Secure, Software-Selectable Electronic Fusing, Latching and Fail-safe Shutdown

February 1, 2017

San Jose, Cal. – January 31, 2017 – Bedrock Automation, maker of the world’s first Open Secure Automation (OSA®) platform […]

Advanced Automation

ARC View 2017

January 19, 2017
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation’s Intrinsic Cyber Defense Makes Cybersecurity Easier for End Users “Bedrock Automation has been busy expanding its portfolio […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Secure Power Supply Wins 2016 Breakthrough Product Award from Processing Magazine

December 21, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – December 20, 2016 – Processing magazine has named Bedrock Automation’s SPS.500 Power Supply as a Breakthrough […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The State of Cyber Security – 2017

December 21, 2016
Albert Rooyakkers

A good summary article, enterprise focused, but some sound advice for ICS, including a great cyber security one-liner: “Ask your […]

Cyber Attacks

Building a United Front for Cybersecurity

December 21, 2016
Robert Bergman

In the wake of recent news regarding cyber security and US Elections, comes a timely article from Control Magazine entitled […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Making a Difference for Arkansas Utilities

December 20, 2016
Robert Bergman

This short video highlights use case details from two recent Bedrock installations. Featured in the video are Dee Brown, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

You Don’t have to be IoT-ish to Love Cybersecurity

November 23, 2016
Robert Bergman

You don’t have to be IoT-ish to love cybersecurity. Maybe not loving security, but loving the feeling of being secure […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Shutting Down the Internet of Things and What Happens to the IIoT without Open Systems?

November 16, 2016
Robert Bergman

It’s always nice when industry insiders, that have followed this market for years, echo your “raison d’etre” in their own […]

Cyber Attacks

New PLC Malware Leverages Processor Problems to Go Dark

November 16, 2016
Robert Bergman

While this malware isn’t out in the wild and won’t be anytime soon, it highlights a common trait of all […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock Automation Extends Cyber Security to Industrial Serial Communications with the New Bedrock® SIOS.5 Serial I/O Module

November 1, 2016

San Jose, Cal. – Nov. 01, 2016 – Bedrock Automation has extended cyber security to serial communications with a new […]

Cyber Attacks

Major Security Flaw Targets Industrial Computer Systems

October 27, 2016
David Morris

This article from Voice of America reveals a major security vulnerability affecting one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computerized […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock’s IDE Used on Object Oriented Programming

October 7, 2016
David Morris

Check out this article by Richard Jafrate using Bedrock’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) on object-oriented programming which is included in […]

Cyber Attacks

Energy Sector Faces More Cyber Attacks Than Any Other Industry

September 22, 2016

A study recently conducted by Dimensional Research for Tripwire, Inc., quoted the Department of Homeland Security, as stating that the […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Control System Provides Cyber Secure SCADA RTU Platform for Clarksville Light and Water

September 22, 2016

San Jose, Cal. Sept. 21, 2016 — Bedrock Automation, today announced that Clarksville Light & Water (CLW), of Clarksville, Arkansas, […]

Cyber Attacks

Cyber Security Means Protecting Assets from Remote-Access Threats

September 13, 2016

At Bedrock, we believe that embedded, hardware-based authentication is the best defense possible when it comes to plant OT assets. […]

Cyber Security & Standards

New Intelligent and Cyber Secure Standalone Power Supply from Bedrock Automation

September 13, 2016

Built to Last a Lifetime and Deliver on the IIoT Promise San Jose, Calif. – Sept 13, 2016 – […]

Cyber Security & Standards

ARC Weighs in on Our Tesla Coil Video

August 25, 2016

ARC Advisory Group’s “Manufacturing Operations Technology Viewpoints” blog has a nice write up about out Tesla Coil video, released on […]

Cyber Security & Standards

New Bedrock Automation Video Shows its Control System Surviving Continuous High Energy Blasts atop a Large Tesla Coil

August 24, 2016

San Jose, Calif. – August 24, 2016 – On the heels of achieving compliance with Military Standard 461 (MIL-STD-461F) and […]

Cyber Attacks

Bedrock Certified Channel Partner named to DHS ICSJWG Steering Committee

August 22, 2016

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) established the Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) […]

Cyber Attacks

The Industrial Cyber Security Landscape

August 8, 2016

This article from SecureList takes a look at the cybersecurity threats in industrial control. Their research provides an overview of […]

Cyber Attacks

Cyber Security Concerns Need to be Addressed Before Connecting Industrial Assets

July 15, 2016

This article from Control Design explores why commercially available security technology for remote access hasn’t been employed and why the […]

Cyber Attacks

Why Cyberwar Is Here to Stay

July 15, 2016

On August 15, 2012, a mysterious self-replicating virus struck Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company. The cyber attack wiped […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Bedrock Industrial Control System Passes Rigorous EMP Test Protocol

July 1, 2016
Albert Rooyakkers

San Jose, Calif. – June 29, 2016 – Bedrock Automation (bedrockautomation.com) has announced that its Bedrock® Open Secure Automation (OSA®) […]

Advanced Automation

Arkansas Water Utility Upgrades to Cyber Secure Bedrock Universal Control System

March 23, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Cal. – March 23, 2016 – Bedrock Automation announced today that the Russellville, Arkansas Water and Sewer System […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock CTO Interviewed at ARC Forum

March 16, 2016
Robert Bergman

Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock Co-Founder, CTO and VP of Engineering was interviewed by Mark Sen Gupta at the ARC Forum in […]

Cyber Attacks

Lessons From The Ukraine Electric Grid Hack

March 15, 2016
David Morris

This is a good read to get a technical understanding of the Ukraine cyber attack. Investigators have figured out all […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The Bedrock® Control System Wins a 2015 Plant Engineering Magazine Product of the Year Award

January 31, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – The subscribers to Plant Engineering magazine have selected the Bedrock® industrial control system from Bedrock Automation […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock® Wins Processing Magazine Breakthrough Product Award

January 28, 2016
Robert Bergman

We are excited to announce that Processing Magazine has announced BedroockTM is a Breakthrough Product 2015 award winner! These “awards recognize products, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Standalone Li-Ion UPS from Bedrock Automation Sets New Performance and Cyber Security Standard for Industrial Control System Backup

January 22, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation has introduced a cyber secure, standalone Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for industrial control system […]

Advanced Automation

Coherent Technologies Joins Bedrock’s Systems Integration Network

January 15, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation announced that systems integration firm Coherent Technologies of Palestine, Texas has signed on to […]

Advanced Automation

Lockheed Martin Awarded Next-Generation Refining and Chemical Facility Automation System Contract

January 14, 2016
Robert Bergman

This press release is big news with ExxonMobil awarding Lockheed Martin a contract to serve as the systems integrator in the […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Signs New Automation Solution Providers

January 8, 2016
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – Bedrock Automation has signed two new Automation Solution Providers (ASPs) to help meet growing demand for […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Why ICS Cyber Security Should be Built In

January 7, 2016
Robert Bergman

In this article in ISA’s Intech Magazine, our CTO and VP, Engineering Albert Rooyakkers explains why ICS cyber security must […]

Cyber Attacks

Advanced Cyber Adversaries Require an Advanced Cyber Defense

January 4, 2016
Albert Rooyakkers

Just before Christmas, power went out across western Ukraine. Soon after, the energy ministry confirmed it was exploring claims a […]

Cyber Attacks

Interview with Joe Weiss on Ukranian Cyber Attack

January 3, 2016

Joe Weiss, managing director of ISA S99, and one of Bedrock’s Advisory Board Members, conducted an interview with The CyberWire […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Introduces First-of-its-Kind Software Configurable 5-Channel Ethernet I/O Module with Embedded Cyber Security

November 25, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, CA – Nov. 18, 2015 – With the introduction of the first software configurable 5-channel Ethernet I/O module, […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Introduces First Universal I/O Module with Embedded Cyber Security

November 18, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Cal. – Sept. 16, 2015 – Keeping with a commitment to deliver Simple, Scalable and Secure™ industrial automation, […]

Cyber Security & Standards

The One Control System That has Addressed Cyber Security

November 16, 2015

Joe Weiss, ISA Fellow and author of Protecting Industrial Control Systems From Electronic Threats, wrote about Bedrock in his recent […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Bares All

October 16, 2015
Robert Bergman

NOTE: This article has been reprinted with permission from the Industrial Automation and Process Control INSIDER newsletter, written by Walt […]

Cyber Attacks

NOVA Explores Cyber Security Threat

October 15, 2015
Robert Bergman

There was an interesting NOVA program on October 14 entitled “CyberWar Threat” which directly relates to one of the key […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Receives Frost & Sullivan 2015 Best Practices Award for Industrial Control System Innovation

August 10, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – August 10, 2015 – Bedrock Automation, the Silicon Valley company that recently introduced its revolutionary Bedrock® […]

Advanced Automation

What Happens When UPS Fails

August 8, 2015
Robert Bergman

This report highlights what can happen when a UPS fails and brings down a new SCADA system. The city […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock® Universal Control System Marks New Era in Automation

August 7, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, Calif. – July 14, 2015 – From the heart of Silicon Valley, Bedrock Automation has announced the availability […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Article in Industrial Automation INSIDER

August 6, 2015
Robert Bergman

Walt Boyes wrote an excellent article on our production release of Bedrock® in his July 2015 issue of Industrial Automation INSIDER. Two […]

Advanced Automation

Lithium ION Batteries Come to UPS

July 31, 2015
Albert Rooyakkers

Control magazine interviewed Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock’s CTO, VP of Engineering, regarding our new cyber secure lithium ion UPS. Albert Rooyakkers, […]

Industry Events

Bedrock is Now an ISA Security Compliance Institute Member

July 12, 2015
Robert Bergman

We are please to announce our membership with ISA Security Compliance Institute and are looking forward to engaging actively in […]

Advanced Automation

New Product Exclusive Article!

June 11, 2015
Robert Bergman

Please see our Product Exclusive article in this month’s Control Engineering magazine. We are looking forward to production release […]

Advanced Automation

Features Added to Our Automation Controller Product

June 2, 2015
Robert Bergman

We had a good meeting with Bill Lydon at the ARC Forum in Orlando to give him an update on […]

Cyber Attacks

Costs and Frequency of Attacks on Manufacturing Continue

June 1, 2015

Another great article by Bill Lydon here. The cost and frequency of cyber attacks on manufacturing continue to increase […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Featured in Food Engineering Magazine

May 20, 2015
Robert Bergman

After seeing our system at ARC Forum, Food Engineering magazine interviewed Bob Honor and Albert Rooyakkers. Please read the interview which […]

Industry Events

Highlights from The Automation Conference

May 13, 2015
Robert Bergman

Albert Rooyakkers, Bedrock’s CTO and VP of Engineering, was a panelist for the Industrial Internet of Things session at The […]

Cyber Attacks

Cyber Attacks Pose Great Threat to Water/Wastewater Facilities

May 12, 2015
David Morris

Cyber security specialists from the Department of Homeland Security say that cyber attacks pose a greater threat to water and […]

Industry Events

Bedrock CTO to Speak on the Automation Revolution

May 7, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, CA—May 7, 2015— Albert Rooyakkers, Founder, CTO and VP Engineering at Bedrock Automation, will present a technology workshop […]

Cyber Attacks

Security Report Shows SCADA Attacks Have Doubled

May 7, 2015

Dell Security’s annual threat report shows that SCADA attacks have doubled from 2013 to 2014. While this article recommends best […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Releases 2nd in White Paper Series

March 27, 2015
Robert Bergman

San Jose, CA—March 27, 2015—Bedrock Automation announces the release of the second in a series of white papers on the […]

Industry Events

Explaining Our Control System

March 23, 2015
Robert Bergman

In this video from the 2015 ARC Industry Forum, our CEO Bob Honor explains the features of Bedrock’s universal cyber […]

Cyber Security & Standards

It Is a Matter of When a Major Cyber Security Incident Will Happen

March 20, 2015
Robert Bergman

A recent story in Control Engineering magazine says that it is not a matter of IF a major security incident […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Highlighted in Control Engineering

March 19, 2015
Robert Bergman

The video highlighting our control system is very popular. In fact, it was one of the five most popular articles […]

Cyber Attacks

Network Security in Jeopardy Because of Toys?

March 13, 2015

This article on the potential implications of a toy being a dangerous device when connected to the internet illustrates graphically […]

Cyber Attacks

Energy Sector Leads in Cyber Attacks

March 10, 2015
David Morris

A new report from the US Department for Homeland Security says that the Energy sector tops the list of US […]

Industry Events

ARC Industry Forum Wrap Up Thoughts

February 19, 2015

Thanks to the organizers of the ARC Forum as we had a great introduction to the leading End Users and […]

Advanced Automation

Industrial Control Redesigned

February 19, 2015
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation has introduced a unique set of industrial control system products that could alter the way we think about […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Automation Featured in Automation World

February 13, 2015
Robert Bergman

We had a great meeting with Dave Greenfield at ARC Forum this week and he mentions us briefly in this […]

Advanced Automation

Bedrock Automation Featured on Automation.com

January 21, 2015
Robert Bergman

This recent article in Automation.com by Bill Lydon on our CTO Albert Rooyakkers explains how our system is different and why […]

Advanced Automation

The Need for Robust Security in Distributed Control Systems

January 21, 2015
David Morris

A new Frost & Sullivan DCS report highlights the need for robust security features in future Distributed Control Systems. […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Joins CSIA

January 20, 2015
Robert Bergman

Bedrock Automation is pleased to have joined the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) as a partner member. CSIA recently added […]

Cyber Attacks

Cyber Attacks Causing Damage in Industrial Automation

December 18, 2014
David Morris

In 2015 we will see more articles like this as industrial companies begin sharing this kind of information, particularly with […]

Advanced Automation

Interoperability is Every Engineer’s Goal

December 17, 2014

The article below from Manufacturing Connection speaks to the need for interoperability standards: Most of my research and conversations […]

Advanced Automation

Progress on the OPC-UA Front

December 10, 2014

OPC-UA is a standards based interface which Bedrock Automation uses extensively. There is great news on the OPC-UA front! […]

Cyber Attacks

Websites Tracking ICS Incidents

December 1, 2014

Plants of all sizes are susceptible to attack and would benefit from Bedrock’s unique embedded security approach. One website – […]

Industry Events

Bedrock Automation Joins as an FDT Group Member

November 24, 2014
Robert Bergman

Jodoigne, Belgium, 24 November 2014 Bedrock Automation Platforms, Inc. of San Jose, California has joined as a member of […]

Cyber Attacks

NSA chief says cyberattackers have penetrated U.S. infrastructure systems

November 24, 2014
David Morris

The head of the National Security Agency, Navy Admiral Michael Rogers, admitted to a House Select Committee on Friday that […]

Cyber Attacks

The History and Danger of Stuxnet

November 12, 2014
Robert Bergman

In her new book, author Kim Zetter digs into the discovery of Stuxnet, a computer worm discovered in 2010. Go […]

Cyber Security & Standards

Control Systems and Process Automation Blog

November 4, 2014
Robert Bergman

The “Unfettered” blog is written by Control Systems Cybersecurity Expert, Joseph M. Weiss. Mr. Weiss is an international authority on […]

Advanced Automation

The Importance of Control Systems for Analytics Tools

November 4, 2014
Robert Bergman

Splunk is a disruptive analytical tool designed to handle unstructured data typically generated by operations in the form of machine […]

Cyber Attacks

Daktronics Vanguard Default Credentials (Update A)

November 1, 2014
Robert Bergman

By Alert Document This alert update is a follow-up to the original NCCIC/ICS-CERT alert titled ICS-ALERT-14-155-01 Daktronics Vanguard Hardcoded Credentials […]

Cyber Attacks