India, Aug. 22 -- Production facilities can contain thousands of technologies from different vendors. Cybersecurity threats only need to exploit one of them to steal trade secrets, stop production or even harm workers. To better secure today's complex and often vulnerable production operations, the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance recently announced Rockwell Automation as a founding member.

The alliance is a coalition of industry, government agencies and others working to help secure industrial operations. Some of its objectives include:

* Accelerating the expansion and use of the ISA/IEC 62443 standards.

* Developing a skilled and cyber-aware workforce.

* Optimizing compliance and prevention initiatives.

"We need to work together a...