Risks Associated with Upgrade of Industrial PC in SCADA Application
Risks Associated with Upgrade of Industrial PC in SCADA Application
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I am assessing a proposal to upgrade all server and workstation computer hardware (pc, graphic cards and also ethernet switches) in a SCADA application.
This is due to obsolescence and will also have benefits in performance from the operator perspective, screen refresh etc.
So this is just hardware update.
I would like to now the risks associated with this upgrade, any recommending mitigations and validation process.
I found quite a good reference here http://www.controlglobal.com/assets/Media/MediaMan... but was hoping to inform myself further.
This is due to obsolescence and will also have benefits in performance from the operator perspective, screen refresh etc.
So this is just hardware update.
I would like to now the risks associated with this upgrade, any recommending mitigations and validation process.
I found quite a good reference here http://www.controlglobal.com/assets/Media/MediaMan... but was hoping to inform myself further.
RE: Risks Associated with Upgrade of Industrial PC in SCADA Application
If you're talking going from XP to Windoz 10 it could be very bad with older software.
At the very least I'd setup a new computer as an observer and get all the software installed and running perfectly in observation mode before I completed the proposal.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Risks Associated with Upgrade of Industrial PC in SCADA Application
If that's the case then itsmoked's suggestions are a good idea, although its never a good idea to attempt to verify updates and changes on production systems anyway.
RE: Risks Associated with Upgrade of Industrial PC in SCADA Application