Background:

The current landscape of cyber security and recent intrusion events have brought to light the need for cyber security cultures to be engrained in crucial infrastructure industries. For several years now, the Department of Homeland Security has suggested that crucial infrastructure undergo a cyber security assessment and submit the results to CISA in an effort to help mitigate any potential intrusion in the United States. The Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack among other small ones around the country have brought new fervor to the push to get energy sector companies on the road to a cyber secure posture.

As our smart phones, laptops, and smart home devices continue to evolve at a rapid rate, the questions around how so much data will continue to be processed continues to float around the web.

Yet, in the industrial space, the future of operational technology, with its use of integrations and SCADA, may actually have a viable answer.

Seeking superior SCADA, Control System or software solutions in oil and gas?

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Recently, our experts here at TIGA attended the IOGC conference to stay up to date on the implementations and challenges that Oil and Gas companies are facing. Keep reading to discover the benefits we exposed about real world implementation of MQTT.

The OT environment consists of an industrial control system (ICS) and SCADA. These systems compose the vertebrae of infrastructure. Indeed, our economy and society hinge upon these unsung heroes.

Culture is the character and personality of the organization. It's what makes a business unique and is the sum of its values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors, and attitudes. When employers interview a prospective employee, they often consider whether the candidate is a good cultural fit, the same stands true for the candidate evaluating if they would fit in the culture. Here is what one of our employees recently had to say about TIGA's Culture.

If you are interested in learning how gas lifted assets can improve your organization's production, then you have come to the right place.

What is the #1 way to ensure a secure SCADA system? Utilize mitigation techniques! Thankfully, tailored techniques exist to counter each and every type of attack. Keep reading to discover what they are!

Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) are user interfaces or dashboards that connect a person to a machine, system, or device. And even though the term "HMI" can be applied to any type of screen or monitor that allows a human user to interact with a machine or device, the benefits of HMI's are not readily understood in the industrial space. Keep reading to discover how smart companies are capitalizing on HMI's to increase their overall operational efficiencies.

I am excited to announce today that The Integration Group of Americas, Inc. has signed a 3 year lease in Williston, North Dakota as part of its ongoing commitment to provide I&E, Automation, Engineering, SCADA, and Energy Applications to the region! Our newest office address is 5317 Saddle Ridge Williston, ND 58801. 

PLC and SCADA are both used to monitor and control equipment in process automation across many different industries, such as telecommunications, water and waste control, energy, oil and gas, and transportation.

Because of the technological complexities of these modern day systems understanding how each plays its part can be rather confusing.

Coming off of 2018, where the oil and gas industry hit a four year high, many are optimistic about the future.

Industry experts from Ernst & Young discussed their predictions and expectations for the oil and gas industry rolling into 2019.

“If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no.” - Derek Sivers

We should all take a page out of Derek Sivers book of wisdom above, but the sad truth is that we simply say "yes" to too many things.

The chances are high that you know someone who has served in the military. It may be a family member, neighbor, friend, or a co-worker. These heroes have selflessly given up many freedoms to protect ours. Each year, they are thanked many times over on November 11th - Veteran's Day. However, showing thanks should not be limited to this one day. There are many other ways to show our gratitude throughout the year.

Entrepreneurship is all the buzz these days.

Employees quit their jobs or leave other opportunities to chase their dream or join in the pursuit of someone else’s. It’s fun, exciting, and a bit nerve-racking. But even scarier is the fact that at most given moments, more businesses are closing or shutting down at an often faster rate.

What is “∫”? 

The ∫ is the ‘Integral’ symbol. It is typically seen as a rite of passage for those who know what it is, but it represents much more than years of calculus and differential equations or the area under the curve. The Integral symbol in math means:  

A function of which a given function is the derivative, i.e., which yields that function when differentiated, and which may express the area under the curve of a graph of the function. 

Daniel Coffelt, Ross Moffett, and Trent Boudreaux will be in Folsom California for the 2018 Ignition Users Group. Trent Boudreaux will be presenting the IPO Module at the ICC Ignition Oil and Gas Collective and we look forward to seeing everyone there!

 When John Miller decided to start The Integration Group of Americas (TIGA) in February 2017, he had the support of his family, a veteran business partner, and a few years of experience working in the tech-industrial space.