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SCADA News & Publications

• AutomationTechies.com - Community resource for industrial automation, process control, instrumentation engineers and professionals
• Engineering Talk - Latest news on instrumentation and data acquisition for product design and automation engineers
• EnergyPulse - Forum for experts, professionals and thought leaders in the global power industry.
• Indusrial Automation Insider - A subscription newsletter providing industrial measurement and control systems users and suppliers with a monthly update on the continuing evolution and convergence of systems technologies." Access sample copy and highlights of the current issue here. Published monthly.
• The News Center for Industrial IT - Clear, easy and friendly for every person interested in industrial IT. Forums are opened on all standard products and allow free traffic of your ideas, remarks or informations.
• Platts Global Energy - A search across all of its sections, including IT, brings up about 65 articles on SCADA in the energy industries. Platts is the specialist energy market reporting company of the McGraw Hill Cos.
• SCADA News - News center for industrial IT, HMI, MMI, SCADA, MES, CMMS, quality control, data acquisition, and OPC
• Utility Automation - Covers controls and solutions for utilities. A search of this PennWell Corp. publication for SCADA or "supervisory control and data acquisition" will yield a fair number of related articles.
• Water InfoCenter - Case studies, articles on SCADA integration, SCADA project management, wireless SCADA systems and more.

SCADA General Research

• ARC Advisory - Provides research on SCADA Systems for Electric Power , Oil & Gas/Water & Wastewater to leading manufacturing companies, utilities, and global logistics providers
• Control Engineering Virtual Library - Comprehensive list of control groups, professional societies, journals, information services, commercial organisations, and other information provided by the Control Group in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA), Paris - Control and Optimization Group
• Industrial Automation Insider - Newsletter providing industrial measurement and control systems users and suppliers with a monthly update on the continuing evolution and convergence of systems technologies
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Instrumentation and Controls Division

SCADA Security

• AGA/GTI SCADA Encryption Site - The working site for the group developing a standard for "Cryptographic Protection of SCADA Communications"
• Critical Infastructure Surety (Sandia National Labs) - To address current and future SCADA security challenges, Sandia is leveraging its expertise in cyber security assessments, network security, energy systems, and critical infrastructure protection.
• ENERGY Information Sharing and Analysis Center - Industry-wide database of electronic security threats,vulnerabilities, incidents, and solutions. Offers a confidential venue for sharing security vulnerabilities and solutions.
• The Information Security Evolution in the Utilities Sector - Discussion on existing and new challenges that have increased Information Security's role in the Utilities sector
• IT Security for Industrial Control Systems - NIST report on ongoing SCADA security research initiatives and collaboration.
• Protecting SCADA and the Vital Energy Infrastructure - White paper from security firm Vigilinx.
• Reevaluation Of Pipeline SCADA Emergency Plans In Light Of The 9/11/2001 Terrorism - UTSI presentation at Entelec 2002.
• Safeguarding IEDs, Substations, and SCADA Systems from Electronic Intrusions - Identifies and discusses technologies for securing networked SCADA systems.
• Understanding SCADA System Security Vulnerabilities - From security firm Riptech

Associations - SCADA Systems & Related Technology

• American Society for Industrial Security
• American Society for Quality
• Control System Integrators Association (CSIA)
• DNP3 Users Group
• Entelec
• IEEE
• Industrial Computing Society
• The Institute of Measurement and Control
• The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA)
• National Defense Industrial Association

Associations - Oil & Gas

• American Gas Association
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Colorado Oil and Gas Association
• DOE Office of Fossil Energy
• Energy Information Adminstration
• Energy Research Clearing House (ERCH)
• Gas Compressor Association
• GEP (Oil & Gas Industry French Suppliers Council)
• Independent Petroleum Assoc.of America
• Independent Petroleum Assoc. of Mountain States
• Institute of Gas Technology
• Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
• Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
• Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association
• Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
• NACE International - The Corrosion Society
• Natural Gas Supply Association
• New Mexico Oil and Gas Association
• North Texas Oil and Gas Association
• Northern Offshore Federation
• Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association
• Oklahoma Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
• Panhandle Producers and Royality Owners Association
• Permian Basin Petroleum Association
• Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
• Society of Petrolem Engineers - Gulf Coast Section
• Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
• Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
• Wyoming Independent Producers Association

Associations - Power

• Alaska Power Association (formerly ARECA)
• American Public Power Association (APPA)
• Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC)
• Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
• California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA)
• Canadian Electricity Association
• Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities
• Colorado Rural Electric Association
• Dairyland Power Cooperative
• Edison Electric Institute
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• Florida Municipal Electric Association
• IEEE Power Engineering Society
• Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
• Large Public Power Council
• Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
• Minnesota Rural Electric Association
• Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Northeast Public Power Association
• Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• Northwest Public Power Association
• Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC)
• Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Public Power Alliance (PPA)
• Public Power Council (PPC)
• Touchstone Energy
• Washington PUD Association
• Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Associations - Defense & Critical Infrastructure

• Aerospace Industries Association
• American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
• American Society of Military Comptrollers
• American Society of Naval Engineers
• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
• Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
• Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO)
• Electronic Industries Alliance
• Military Operations Research Society
• National Defense Transportation Association
• National Infrastructure Protection Council
• National Logistics Officer Association
• National Petroleum Council (NPC)
• North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
• Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security
• Society of American Military Engineers
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security