Best Practices for Software Patches: Keeping Your Facility Safe

Updating your plant's software takes time, expertise, and patience - all of which can be tested when it feels like patches are coming out at every turn. There may be a desire to take a do-it-yourself approach or to dismiss updates that seem irrelevant, but such actions could lead to disrupted operations or even more dire consequences. Rather than taking a cavalier approach to software security updates, facility operators need to establish a system for testing and validating these patches before installing them. This article from Control Engineering includes a list of 11 critical questions that can help you determine which updates are applicable.

Editor's Note: This news brief was brought to you by the Plant & Facilities Engineering eNewsletter. Subscribe today to have content like this delivered to your inbox.