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exida User Conference 2018

Join us in this conference to stay updated on the new release of exida's powerful tool - exSILentia version 4 and use this opportunity to meet and engage in fruitful discussions with our exida team of experts! Conference dates: 14-15 November 2018 Pre-Conference courses dates: 12-13 November 2018 Location: Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore More information...

Process Safety Consultant

exida is the global functional safety market leader, offering products and services to the Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, Power and Automotive industries. To support the exida Asia Pacific team, we are looking for a PROCESS SAFETY CONSULTANT to: Perform Functional Safety Assessments Lead and Facilitate HAZOP and LOPA Workshops Execute SIS Design activities and SIL...

exida Global Staff Brushes Up on IACS Cybersecurity Solutions at Cyber Week 2018

April 16-20, 2018 was exida cyber week at our US headquarters. exida experts from all over the globe including Singapore, India, South Africa, and Mexico met to brush up on our current IACS cybersecurity solutions and enjoy some fun team building activities.  They also completed exida Academy's CS 102 - Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Lifecycle course and...

Dreaming of a Better Tomorrow?

When I was a kid, I liked watching the Jetsons.  I felt certain that by the year 2000 we’d all be enjoying those flying saucers and futuristic homes.  Imagine my disappointment that in 2018 we still drive on 4 wheels… and my home cannot elevate itself above bad weather… and I still don’t have a...

ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus achieves IEC 62443 Certification from exida

ABB’s flagship SD Series HPC800 controller, part of the ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus portfolio, received IEC 62443 certification, which recognizes that the controller has met the requirements for the software development lifecycle assessment, functional security assessment and communications robustness testing. The certification awarded by exida demonstrates compliance to the IEC 62443 cyber security standard for industrial automation and control systems. Compliance...

exida Presenting and Exhibiting at AIChE’s 2018 Spring Meeting & 14th GCPS

exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the AIChE’s 2018 Spring Meeting & 14th GCPS to be held April 22-26, 2018 in Orlando,FL. Stop by Booth #605 during exhibit hours. This year we will be showcasing some of our newest products and services that reduce engineering time and minimize risk. Move data from PHA high risk hazard scenarios into...

SIL Verification Presentation to be Given in Australia

Eric Scharpf will be presenting the topic ‘SIL Verification: Getting It Right and Making It Better’, organized by IICA. The presentation will be held on 10 April 2018 in Sydney. Presentation Overview: This session will first look into the critical considerations and assumptions behind the main AS 61511 SIL Verification requirements of PFDavg, Fault Tolerance...

Functional Safety Assessment of Valve Assemblies (Part 1)

In this blog series, I will cover the emerging trends in the valve assembly market, how these trends relate to the IEC 61511 requirements, and what's in a final element. When you look at the different devices that go into some of these safety systems, the final element becomes quite complex. I will also cover...

exida Certifies Synopsys to ISO 26262 Standard for Functional Safety

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the industry's most comprehensive independent ISO 26262 functional safety assessment and certification for all the tools in the Synopsys Design Platform, enabled by Synopsys' Fusion Technology™. This certification allows automotive semiconductor component and system designers to meet the most stringent safety-related requirements for modern-era vehicles. The comprehensive ISO 26262 assessments have...

Fake Fact: Final Elements should not be included in SIF evaluation

Ehh… If your safety action is stopping flow/closing a valve, how are you going to accomplish this if you consider that the remote actuated valve is not part of your SIF ? So, what is this myth based on? The title of IEC 61508 reads “Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems”. The argument typically made...
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