PLC
What is PLC?
Programmable Logic Controller
An industrial digital computer adapted for control of manufacturing processes and other automation tasks. PLCs are the workhorses of OT environments.
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- The Essential Eight Is Being Retired: What It Means for Your CIRMP Nomination
ASD will retire the Essential Eight within about two years, replacing it with a domain-split Essentials series that includes an operational technology chapter. The Enhanced CIRMP Rules give you until June 2028 to comply with a nominated framework. Those two clocks overlap, and it changes what you should nominate.
- Essentials for Operational Technology: What We Know, and Why It Matters
ASD is replacing the Essential Eight with a domain-split Essentials series, and one chapter is written for operational technology. No draft exists yet. What is confirmed, what is not, why an outcomes-based model fits OT better than a maturity ladder, and what to do before it lands.
See also
- SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition A control system architecture used to monitor and control geographically distributed industrial processes.
- OT Operational Technology Hardware and software that detects or causes changes through direct monitoring or control of physical devices, processes, and events.
- IEC 62443 The international series of standards for the security of industrial automation and control systems.
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