| SCADA is an acronym that stands for | | | | systems from hackers. Using the continual |
| Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. Basically, | | | | monitory and data analyses, vulnerabilities can be |
| it is a computer system that collects and analyses | | | | found before they are breached or hacked into. |
| a constant flow of data and information. SCADA | | | | This technology can not only protect systems |
| is a very broad umbrella that describes solutions | | | | from hackers, but also from malicious terrorists. |
| such as monitoring a remote water pumping | | | | In the past, vital systems have been easily |
| facility so you can see the motor amps and pump | | | | accessed and made vulnerable by outdated |
| flow rate on the screen of your computer screen | | | | systems. SCADA will offer critical protection to |
| miles away. | | | | these immense systems that control the |
| A SCADA system can best be described as the | | | | everyday activities of our world, and ultimately, |
| “brains” of any critical monitoring system. | | | | make us all safer. |
| SCADA is a combination of hardware and | | | | SCADA is used in a variety of industries including: |
| software that is a central system that monitors | | | | Aerospace, Automotive, Power Plants, oil and gas |
| and controls a complete site. It’s a technology | | | | refining, telecommunications, transportation, water |
| permitted to collect and process data received | | | | and waste control, energy, pharmaceutical, heat |
| from the remote (in terms of distance from the | | | | treatment and a variety of other industries. In all |
| Control Center) objects, and transmit commands | | | | of these industries, the ability to do much more |
| via cable or radio communication systems. It is | | | | preventive maintenance will be greatly enhance |
| anticipated that SCADA will reduce and eventually | | | | performance, and as a result, afford much more |
| eliminate blackouts. | | | | time to be available to maintenance staff for |
| Another major function of SCADA is to protect | | | | other important duties. |