Skkynet News & Articles

How Process Control Engineers Are Securing Industrial Systems in the Digital Age

  • by Bob McIlvride
  • April 10, 2024
  • Feature

​Cyber-Informed engineering is a valuable approach towards keeping industrial processes secure.

Segmenting Networks Using a DMZ

  • by Xavier Mesrobian
  • April 9, 2024
  • Feature

Today’s competitive environment demands access to operations data, and operational data must be secure. These two requirements need not conflict, though.

Skkynet Reports Strong Sales Growth and Robust Profitability in Third Quarter

  • September 20, 2023
  • News

Skkynet has announced fiscal quarter-end performance for Q3 2023, delivering exceptional sales growth of 19%.

Growing IIoT Challenges Require Smarter MQTT

  • by Xavier Mesrobian
  • August 10, 2023
  • Feature

Larger, more complex systems can benefit from a smart MQTT broker. This feature comes from the ebook AUTOMATION 2023 Volume 3: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

Moving Process Data Across Segmented Networks

  • by Xavier Mesrobian
  • May 1, 2023
  • Feature

Meet NIST SP 800-82 guidelines and the NIS 2 Directive with a system that incorporates demilitarized zones. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023 Volume 2: Connectivity & Cybersecurity.

Case Study: Digital Transformation of Power Plants for Greater Efficiency

  • January 17, 2023
  • Case Study

The TEPCO SYSTEMS Corporation (TEPSYS) recently implemented DataHub technology supplied by Skkynet partner BellChild Co. Ltd. to upgrade data collection, storage and visualization for a customer operating a hydroelectric power plant in central Japan.

Skkynet software networks OPC A&E data in Turkish pipeline project

  • January 8, 2020
  • Case Study

DataHub middleware from Skkynet was used by ABB to support redundant, secure networking of OPC A&E and real-time data on the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project in Turkey.

On-Premise IIoT for OPC UA

  • December 17, 2018
  • Feature

By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet The IIoT is all about connecting data sources, integrating their data, using it to power analytics, and possibly doing supervisory control on selected equipment or systems. There's no reason that can't be done on-premise.

Skkynet Cloud Systems helps Siemens enhance digitalization and remote monitoring for Argentinian pow

  • December 6, 2018
  • Case Study

Tricco was tasked with developing a secure and reliable way to collect data from control systems running at power plants located hundreds of kilometers from the Siemens office. The first phase was to be a pilot—to connect his WinCC OA SCADA system to a Siemens T3000 DCS running at a power plant located about 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires.

Skkynet Cloud Systems helps Siemens enhance digitalization and remote monitoring for Argentinian pow

  • December 6, 2018
  • Case Study

Tricco was tasked with developing a secure and reliable way to collect data from control systems running at power plants located hundreds of kilometers from the Siemens office. The first phase was to be a pilot—to connect his WinCC OA SCADA system to a Siemens T3000 DCS running at a power plant located about 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires.