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SCADA
(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. See DNP3 and ICCP.
SCADA [′skad·ə or ¦es¦sē¦ā¦dē′ā]
SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition


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The company said that the service on offer from EuroSkyPark will allow these businesses to implement so-called SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) solutions, which are typically used to collect, monitor and control data, using the satellite broadband connection for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication, an option that will be especially useful in remote or rural areas with no (or limited) terrestrial Internet infrastructure.
But for anyone who attended the SANS 2009 SCADA and Process Control Summit recently, it became clear that the convergence of IT security and physical security is accelerating.
Most salvage yards in California today belong to SCADA (State of California Automotive Dismantlers Association) and are state of the art facilities that are licensed in the handling and disposal of hazardous materials and DOT handling and shipping of airbags among other things.
 
 
 
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