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Importance of Security for Process Safety
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Process Safety is a key issue for many process
Industries. Functional safety is often a key part of
overall risk reduction.
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Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) often contain
multiple Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) each
with a target Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
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Risk reduction from each of these SIFs can be high
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Newer systems consider security but...
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Cyber threats could potentially affect a SIS’ ability to
perform on demand
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You can’t achieve your safety goals without
addressing security.