International Society of Automation (ISA) News & Articles

Enrollment Opens for ISA Business Academy Online Course

  • by Renee Bassett
  • January 23, 2024
  • Feature

Automation professionals can enhance people management and business finance skills with the ISA Business Academy’s online course based on a streamlined MBA curriculum.

Do You Have a Cybersecurity Contingency Plan?

  • by Zac Amos
  • January 22, 2024
  • Feature

Whether it's a natural disaster or a planned attack, a contingency plan helps you safeguard your company's interests.

Five Benefits of Implementing Biometric Authentication in Cybersecurity

  • by Zac Amos
  • January 18, 2024
  • Feature

Adopting a new cybersecurity solution like biometric authentication can provide peace of mind to users with improved functions and security features.

ISA Announces 2024 Society Leadership

  • January 18, 2024
  • News

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced its Society leadership for the term beginning Jan. 1, 2024.

Guiding Your Secure Development Lifecycle Journey with Frameworks and Standards

  • by Robert Lembree and Kevin Staggs
  • January 3, 2024
  • Feature

ISA/IEC 62443-4-1, originally designed for the rigorous needs of industrial controls and critical infrastructure, can be used as a strong companion to NIST's Secure Software Development Framework as a way to provide detailed guidance for SSDF's practices.

Five Advanced Cyber Defense Strategies for Automated Operations

  • by Nahla Davies
  • December 20, 2023
  • Feature

As automation technologies become increasingly integral to businesses, the need for effective cybersecurity grows. Cyber threats are always changing and can pose big risks to automated systems.

How to Manage Cybersecurity Automation Challenges

  • by Zac Amos
  • December 13, 2023
  • Feature

By automating repetitive and complex tasks, you can detect and respond to security incidents more swiftly.

Automation Depends on People

  • by Steve Mustard
  • December 11, 2023
  • News

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has authored a position paper called Automation Depends on People.

ISA Underscores Importance of People to Automation in New Position Paper

  • September 21, 2023
  • News

Automation does not eliminate jobs; rather, it repurposes existing jobs and creates new ones.

ISA Urges Reliance on Standardization, Training to Advance Industrial Cybersecurity

  • August 29, 2023
  • News

A new position paper offers recommendations on how policy makers and private-sector leaders can be best equipped to address the urgent need for improved critical infrastructure cybersecurity.