Electricity + Control January 2016

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION

ROUND UP

Rail automation… right on track

ACTOM Signalling has been awarded a further contract to provide and install yard control systems for variousTransnet Freight Rail sta- tions around the country, following its earlier successful execution of contracts for semi-automated yard control systems.The latest yard control contract is for a total of 13 yards. “We view the awarding of this second project to us as affirmation of our success with the earlier project in developing a yard control system that is effective and efficient, along with our installation of the system at the various yards in a satisfactory manner and substantially on time,” commented Peter Colborne, ACTOM Signalling’s General Manager.The new project, awarded in mid-August 2015 and sched- uled for completion in December 2017, is for yard control systems for Kazerne, Natalspruit and Springs yards in Gauteng, Newcastle and Vryheid in Kwazulu-Natal, Witbank, Belfast, Nelspruit, Komatipoort and Oosbank in Mpumalanga, Phalaborwa andThabazimbi in Lim- popo and Rustenburg in North-West Province. The yard control system is a semi-automated system that replaces existing manually-operated mechanical systems in which the points’ sets have to be thrown by a yard operator on the tracks.With the new system yard operators are provided with two alternatives for operat- ing points sets, using either a trackside push-button or a Local Control Panel (LCP) that, although a remote control system, is located in a

line-of-sight position so that the operator can see the points or series of points he is controlling.The earlier project, executed between mid- 2012 and the end of last year, comprised five yard control contracts for a total of 10 stations in Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape. Enquiries: Peter Colborne.Tel. 011 871-6600 or email peter.colborne@actom.co.za

Reliable cyber-security management services

Based on an objective evaluation, this report attests to the adequacy and effectiveness of Yokogawa’s internal controls for its secured remote solution services providing custom- ers the assurance they need to commission these services without conducting their own audits. In addition, customers can submit such reports for evaluations of ser- vice organisation internal controls that are required under regulations such as the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), thus reducing their auditing workload. Enquiries: Christie Cronje.Tel. 011 831 6300 or email Christie.cronje@za.yokogawa.com or visit www.yokogawa.com/za

Yokogawa has received aType 1 (evaluates the adequacy of a service organisation’s internal controls) report on the internal controls that it employs in the provision of production control system secured remote solution services at its customers’ plants. This report complies with the ISAE3402 international standard and the SSAE16 U.S. standard, both of which address the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls at service organisations. With the growing threat of cyber-attacks, there is an urgent need to strengthen the security of plant production control systems.

In addition to control systems, Yokogawa provides comprehensive solution services that address its customers’ security needs. Yokogawa designs, constructs, andmanages various control system security solutions that make use of information systems in- frastructure.To help it improve the reliability and value of these services, and thereby ensure the stable operation of its systems, Yokogawa has obtained an ISAE3402/ SSAE16 internal controls report on the ser- vice delivery and service support processes supporting the secured remote solution ser- vices that it offers in markets outside Japan.

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