Why functional safety is important for modern control systems.

The presentation will firstly discuss why functional safety is important for modern control systems and industrial equipment and then explain how PROFIsafe can be used in delivering functional safety. It will also briefly discuss the requirements for IT Security in modern controls and how this can impact and affect decisions made for functional safety.

The presentation will conclude with a quick look into the future to discuss how ‘Industry 4.0’, the’ Internet of Things’ and ‘Big Data’ could impact the functional safety world.

Presented by Pete Brown, Siemens Functional Safety Professional