White Papers
2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report
- White Paper
Dragos presents an investigation into the financial impact of cyber incidents involving OT assets and provides important estimation of potential future OT cyber breach losses.
O-PAS Conformant Communication Model for IEC 61499 and IEC 61131 Interoperability
- White Paper
​Preliminary results show that the communication layer based on OPC UA on a 61499 environment successfully enables integration with other standards.
White Paper: Enterprise Automation Index 2025
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Redwood Software's report discusses trends, benchmarks and insights into automation an AI readiness.
Reshoring Initiative 2024 Annual Report
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The Reshoring Initiative’s Annual Report provides detailed data and analysis on U.S. reshoring by domestic companies and foreign direct investment (FDI) by foreignheadquartered firms shifting production or sourcing to the U.S.
Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report
- White Paper
Honeywell's 2025 Cyber Threat Report delivers data, insights and context to help you better understand and prepare for potential threats.
White Paper: Your Career Path in IACS - Technical and Managerial
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Four possible career paths in IACS are Technical, Managerial, Sales and Academic. Understanding the career options and the required competencies can help you align your aspirations with your strengths.
White Paper: Advice on Specifying the Best Variable Frequency Drive
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The latest installment of the Ask the Automation Pros series from ISA describes what to consider when specifying variable frequency drives (VFDs) for pump motors. This paper provides additional information.
Briefing: AI Risks to Critical Infrastructure
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This briefing document provides an analysis of the implications and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the context of critical infrastructure (CI) sectors in the United States, with a particular focus on the energy sector.
White Paper: Advice on How to Specify the Best Control Valve Characteristics
- White Paper
The latest installment of the Ask the Automation Pros series from ISA describes what to consider when specifying process control valves. This paper provides additional information.
White Paper: Measuring the Full Value of Robotic Automation
- White Paper
The white paper highlights the limitations of traditional ROI calculations in capturing the full value of automation systems provided by the world’s top integrators and proposes an updated model.