Network Monitoring for Tough Spots
Solution Briefs
Why your ICS Architecture needs Visibility
HMIs are the unsung heroes of industrial control systems. They control the automation that make life easier. From ATM machines that dispense cash, to entertainment screens in automobiles, HMIs are that human-machine-interface that make stuff happen in factories, plants, and in the field.
The HMI, with its simple on-screen commands that control the PLC has become a favorite target for hackers because the headless, ruggedized, mostly Window-based computer known as the programmable-logic-controller, controls the equipment. And the equipment does the work.