Scada screens

With each passing day, we are becoming more and more dependent on automated tasks. Now, we can't believe ourselves without automation. At small scale, precision and efficiency don't worry a great deal but when it comes to big terms, these two things matter a lot.

SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems) work in this direction. Though these systems started developing in 1960's but recently they have evolved have started playing an important role in automated tasks.

With deployment of SCADA systems a high degree of reliability and efficiently gets attached with automated tasks. Being supervisory systems they supervise the automated tasks and takes pre defined actions when a state/ parameter value rises above permissible levels.

Scada compatible metering pumps

Security enhancement for scada communication protocols

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) has found its applications into many realms of industry as well as real life.

Now its scope it is not limited to traditional industries but it has made inroads into many other fields especially the control systems like water control system, electricity control systems, sewerage control system etc.

Though SCADA systems are important for safe and secure working environment but there are many security lapses in them which can be traversed easily and it can lead to leak of crucial data to outside people.

Mostly the lapses are present in the way how the information/ data collected get transmitted. The remote terminals are generally connected via LAN supporting TCP/IP protocol thus rendering it to security lapses. Such lapses can be fatal thus there is need for security enhancement for SCADA communication protocols.

SCADA systems, acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems are supervisory systems that have made automated tasks more reliable and efficient without having need of human to intervene or handle any stage of process.

Thus, SCADA systems are also known as closed loop systems as they operate of their own and response to change in parameter value/ state beyond permissible values. Also, there is always a possibility of human intervention as per the need that provides flexibility to SCADA systems. Due to high range of flexibility, reliability and efficiency SCADA systems have found their applications in control systems (electricity control systems, water sewerage systems), radio transmissions (long distance Scada GSM).

Even daily routine equipments have not left untouched by this tremendous technology and many SCADA compatible equipments like water metering pumps have flooded markets.