We’ve been here before. Remember the .com boom? The big promises? The websites that would “change everything”? Most of them crashed. Not because the internet was a bad idea — but because too many businesses forgot the basics. Now it’s happening again. Only this time, the buzzword is AI. But here’s the truth nobody wants to…
Why Trust, Context, and Meaning Are the Foundation of Resilient Operations The flood in Abu Dhabi was a Black Swan — once.Now everyone’s digging drains, installing water sensors, and putting “flood” on the risk register. Just like they’ve done with cyberattacks.And system faults.And random hardware failures. But what about the next Black Swan? The real…
The Control Architecture That Makes Sense in 2025 🧱 Still running your control system like it’s 1995? Most industrial sites aren’t building from scratch.They’re fighting to keep obsolete systems alive—and trying to make them secure, cloud-ready, and compliant at the same time. But here’s the problem:You can’t modernize by just adding dashboards and firewalls.You need…
Introducing the ‘Beyond Purdue’ Newsletter for Modern ICS Professionals If you’ve worked in industrial control systems anytime in the last 30 years, you’ve heard of the Purdue Model. Created in the 1990s at Purdue University, this layered architecture gave structure to the chaos of industrial environments. It separated physical processes from business systems. It helped…