ICS Security
How to Govern AI Agents in OT
A plant running 20 or more vendors now faces each vendor deploying its own AI agent with its own access model and its own integrations to other systems. At the…
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Smart Manufacturing
How Do You Secure Autonomous AI in OT?
This is the final part of three articles based on unanswered audience questions from the "From Data Streaming to Autonomous Action" session at the Industrial AI Summit 2026. Parts one…
Smart Manufacturing
What Powers Industrial AI Agents?
This is part two of three articles based on unanswered audience questions from the "From Data Streaming to Autonomous Action" session at the Industrial AI Summit 2026. Where part one…
Smart Manufacturing
How Should Factories Prepare Context for AI?
At the Industrial AI Summit 2026, attendees asked questions about supplying context to industrial AI agents that the panel did not have time to answer live. Peter Sorowka, CEO of Cybus, provided answers covering how factories should structure context for…
CPG AI Adoption Outpaces Data Readiness
Over half of U.S. CPG manufacturers have deployed AI across multiple sites, nearly double the global average, and 99% are confident it will deliver ROI by 2030. They also lose…
The Industrial Data Maturity Model
Manufacturers investing in AI, advanced analytics, and autonomous systems face a recurring problem: the data underneath these initiatives is not ready to support them. Amazon Web Services and HighByte published…
Cybersecurity & ICS
Why Firewalls Cannot Isolate OT Networks
In July 2026, a coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota, prompting the FBI and EPA to issue a broader warning that water…
OT Cybersecurity for Manufacturers: 2026 Guide
Manufacturing has been the most-attacked sector globally for multiple consecutive years, based on tracking by IBM X-Force. Ransomware demands against manufacturers averaged $1.16 million in 2025, more than double the…
Defensible OT Architecture for AI-Connected Manufacturing
Manufacturers are adding more digital connections to production environments. AI programs, remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, asset analytics, and cloud platforms all depend on some level of connectivity between OT, IT,…
Energy
The Hidden Challenge in Energy AI: Coordination Across Distributed Systems
I started out as a control systems engineer, working in plants where everything important happened in one place. There was just one site, one control room, and one process to…
How EDF Normalized Grid Data Across 50 Sites and 16 GW
EDF Power Solutions North America manages 16 gigawatts of power across wind, solar, and battery energy storage systems, with equipment from dozens of OEMs that was never designed to interoperate.…
The Last Mile of Industrial Intelligence: Solving the Grid’s “Dark Asset” Problem
Industrial IoT has transformed many aspects of modern infrastructure. Smart sensors, connected substations, and advanced analytics are now common components of energy system modernization. Yet one of the most critical…
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