Configuration, Architecture, and Change
Have you ever walked into a control room, looked around at everything running… and thought, “this whole thing feels harder to manage than it should”?
Nothing’s completely failed. The equipment’s running. Alarms are coming in. But somehow… it just feels like a mess. Like everyone’s treading water.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And in 36 years working in industrial controls, I can tell you: that feeling is almost always telling you something real.
So today I want to discuss the three things that slowly turn a decent control system into one that’s a nightmare to live with. Configuration. Architecture. Change. These three things, on their own or working together, are behind most of the dysfunction I’ve seen in ICS environments.
Why Your Industrial Control System Is Broken
