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Engineering Books

  1. A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition by Nicholas P. Sands and Ian Verhappen
  2. Automation Network Selection: A Reference Manual, Third Edition by Dick Caro
  3. CAP Study Guide, 2nd Edition by the International Society of Automation
  4. Control System Migrations: A Practical Project Management Handbook by Daniel Roessler
  5. Engineering Safe and Security Software Systems (Artech House Information Security and Privacy) 1st Edition by C. Warren Axelrod
  6. Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles by Ronald L. Krutz
  7. Industrial Data Communications, Fifth Edition by Lawrence (Larry) M. Thompson and Tim Shaw
  8. Industrial Ethernet, Third Edition by John S. Rinaldi and Perry S. Marshall
  9. Industrial Network Security, Second Edition by David J. Teumim
  10. Mission Critical Operations Primer by Steve Mustard
  11. Security PHA Review for Consequence-Based Cybersecurity by Edward M. Marszal and Jim McGlone
  12. Strategies to the Prediction, Mitigation and Management of Product Obsolescence (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management Book 87) by Bjoern Bartels, Ulrich Ermel, Peter Sandborn and Micheal G. Pecht
  13. The Alarm Management Handbook – Second Edition: A Comprehensive Guide by Bill Hollifield and Eddie Habibi
  14. The Book of Obsolescence Management (BoOM) by Mark Proctor and Jonathan Wilkins
  15. The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab
  16. Industrial Cybersecurity Best Practices by Steve Mustard
  17. Security PHA Review for Consequence-Based Cybersecurity by Edward M. Marszal and Jim McGlone
  18. Computer Security Fundamentals by William Easttom II
  19. Industrial Network Security: Securing Critical Infrastructure Networks for Smart Grid, SCADA, and Other Industrial Control Systems by Eric D. Knapp (Author), Joel Thomas Langill
  20. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapons by Kim Zetter
  21. Hacking Exposed Industrial Control Systems: ICS and SCADA Security Secrets & Solutions by Clint Bodungen, Stephen Hilt, Aaron Shbeeb, Bryan Singer and Kyle Wilhoit
  22. Sandworm : A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg 
  23. Industrial Cybersecurity by Pascal Ackerman


Magazine Picks


Automation World
A monthly publication reporting on developments in factory and machine automation, continuous and batch process automation.
Control Engineering
Monthly magazine published by CFE Media and Technology covering topics related to automation, control and instrumentation. The website includes interesting webcasts, case studies and ebooks. In addition, topics focussing on the European region is published under Control Engineering Europe.
Control Global
Monthly magazine covering articles by industry experts on the latest trends in process automation and control technologies. The website includes the podcast – Control Amplified that covers in-depth interviews with subject matter experts on various topics related to process control and automation.
IEEE Spectrum
Monthly publication from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – one of the world’s largest professional organisations and one of the leading authoritative sources of news and information about new and emerging high-impact technologies. The IEEE Spectrum provides informative articles and very useful insights on the development, applications and implications of new technologies covering various sectors like Aerospace, Computing, Energy, Robotics, Telecommunications and Transportation.
ISA InTech
The ISA’s bi-monthly publication – InTech, discuss crucial issues relevant to a wide range of automation professionals from business managers to plant technicians with articles covering new technologies, industry standards, professional career development and the latest industry news. This also includes the InTech Plus enewsletters and the InTech Focus ebooks that cover new automation technologies and strategies that automation decision makers can apply to implement these technologies across different industries.
Oil and Gas Engineering
Focussed on the Oil and Gas industry, this monthly magazine published CFE Media and Technology address topics ranging from improving reliability in Oil and Gas production to optimising the Oil and Gas supply chain covering the advances in machinery and equipment, material management, digitalisation and IT/OT integration.
Plant Engineering
For more than 70 years, this monthly magazine published by CFE Media and Technology has been providing Plant Managers, Engineers, Operations and Maintenance Teams updates on the latest manufacturing trends and case studies on how to run their plants in a safer, smarter and more efficient manner.
Processing
This monthly magazine serves professionals across various process industries – chemical, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries. The website also includes regular white papers and webinars from various industry experts on topics ranging from optimisation of product quality and production capacity to maintenance and improvement of industrial processing operations.