VOLUME 1     ISSUE 6LUME 1     ISSUE 1 JUNE 10, 2008

SCADA Systems Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems represent a subset of industrial control systems. And, like industrial controls, SCADA systems have become network-centric, leveraging the power of intelligent sensors and actuators, networking, computing, and communication assets to achieve optimal control and situational awareness, typically in a large, complex system. How easily can these systems be compromised? And, will these systems help us manage the use of fuel in our everyday travels? more

Online Value-Added Services Value-added services run the gamut, from modifying a simple component to providing the OEM with a complete supply chain management system. The web is—once again—creating more opportunities for companies to make the engineer’s and buyer’s daily tasks easier and more organized. Distributor Newark recently introduced a new connector selector guide on their website, and that news spurred me to seek out additional online helpers. I’ve discovered a few, and have included the details of them in this article—now you can create your own online “parts list,” create a component pricing spreadsheet, visit specialized sites for creating those products, design a RF cable assembly, and click-on many parametric connector search sites. Let me know what other sites you’re using and/or give the sites in this issue a test drive, then send me your thoughts and I’ll send you a ConnectorSupplier.com T-shirt. Email
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Your next issue of ConnectorSupplier.com Extra will not be delivered until September 9, 2008. The focus of that issue is Industrial Ethernet.


 

The ConnectorSupplier.com Extra lineup for this year includes:

  • September 9, Industrial, Industrial Ethernet, Value-Added Perspective
  • October 14, Computer, Changing I/O environment, Value-Added Perspective
  • November 11, Telecom, Structured Wiring Systems, Value-Added Perspective

 

 

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Let me know what other sites you’re using and/or give the sites in this issue a test drive, then send me your thoughts and I’ll send you a ConnectorSupplier.com T-shirt. Email atanghe@connectorsupplier.com.

 

Trivia

And the winner is...

Craig Clewell, senior electrical development engineer at Yazaki North America Inc., Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. Thanks and congratulations!

Question: What are SCADA systems? Should we be concerned about terrorist activity within these systems?

Answer: SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. Yes, we should be concerned about terrorist activity within these systems. These systems are extremely vulnerable to cyber terrorism due to the fact that they are standardized and open solutions, in addition to the increased number of connections that exist between them and office networks, as well as the Internet.

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