Safety systems provide dedicated and predictable fail-safe operations and shutdown of the ICS application and are used to protect against equipment failure and personal injuries. Historically, safety systems were hardwired and segmented off from the industrial control and automation system. During recent years, standards such as IEC 61508 have evolved to the point where safety systems now include programmable electronic technology and an IP stack, which allows for (remote) changes to the functionality of these systems:
Safety systems are often the final preventive measure to a system-wide catastrophe. Having these systems sit ...
