Image by Katie White from Pixabay By Leighton Johnson, Acquired Data Solutions The attack in 2021 on Houston-based Colonial Pipeline demonstrates the increasing abilities and skills of global ransomware gangs to conduct malicious cyber activity against critical infrastructure, especially by exploiting Internet-accessible operational technology (OT) assets. The attack on Colonial Pipeline resulted in widespread gasoline...Continue Reading
Reimagining Automated Test Featured In: Aerospace & Defense Technology Written by: Steve Seiden, Acquired Data Solutions As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, aerospace and defense companies must continue to move forward and find workarounds to design, develop and test their products or systems. Engineers hit the challenge of how to build and test integrated...Continue Reading
POWER MAGAZINE Written by: Steve Seiden, Leighton Johnson, Djenana Campara, Dr. Tony Barber How do you protect yourselves from cybercriminals that plan to hold your organization for ransom? These criminals are intelligent, extremely computer literate, and know that production facilities, the utility sector, and mainly the power sector are ripe for ransom threats. If we...Continue Reading
Control Automation recently connected with Steve Seiden, CEO of Acquired Data Solutions, to learn more about the company’s latest solutions By: Maddie Bradshaw It’s no secret that there’s a significant skills gap in the manufacturing and automation industry. With the rise of IIoT and Industry 4.0, technology seems to be advancing at a rapid rate. There are many companies,...Continue Reading
HR C-Suite – By: Steve Seiden Throughout the pandemic, it has been extremely difficult for businesses to stay afloat let alone address the challenges of corporate wellness. The 2021 Mind Workplace report from Mental Health America (MHA) states that workplace stress is dramatically impacting the mental health of employees and there is not enough support or research to help them...Continue Reading
Employee mental health: Reaching out is just the start The more we educate ourselves in mental health awareness, the more the stigma of mental health issues fade away. BenefitsPro: By Steven Seiden | May 10, 2021 at 10:33 AM During the Covid pandemic, it has been reported that two-thirds of employees have mental health issue and mental and emotional health will...Continue Reading
Protecting Traditional Stand Alone OT Systems As They Are Introduced To The IIoT The exploitation and sabotage of resources has been a concern to mission critical operations since the dawn of the industrial age. With the advancement of Information Technology (IT), opportunities to compromise, corrupt and disable networks and systems have exponentially grown, creating new...Continue Reading
New Article written by the ADS Team in the Control Engineering Magazine. Information technology strategies can help combat new cybersecurity vulnerabilities and deploy a solid cybersecurity program for operational technology use for industrial control systems, remote terminal units, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, as Industrial Internet of Things deployments increase. Read the Full Article in...Continue Reading
Featured Article in Facilities Manager Magazine “Perspective on the Profession” By Steve Seiden and Nader Fathi As cities across the country continue to reopen we have seen an acceleration of the spread of COVID-19. Like the mandate for masks, we need to have a mandate for contact tracing to reduce the spread. For employers and...Continue Reading
Defining Standard Employee Data in the Post-COVID World:What HR Professionals Need to Know to Navigate the New Normal As an HR professional, you play an integral role in your organization’s day-to-day and larger strategic initiatives. Pre-pandemic, your responsibilities typically extended to vast corners of a company’s purview, from keeping a pulse on employee engagement and...Continue Reading
