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Enterprise Integration Standards
for Information Technology (IT)

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The following are Key Enterprise Integration and Cybersecurity Standards for use by IT Specialists for design of Information Technology (IT) systems and infrastructure. These are characterized by sophisticated systems, networks, and infrastructure that have evolved rapidly (according to Moore's Law). IT systems and infrastructure are designed according to the following CIA priorities:
  1. Confidenciality
  2. Integrity
  3. Availability

It should be noted that CIA priorities are exactly the opposite of SAIC as implemented in ACS systems

This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to describe the most important commonly-encountered standards. For a more detailed list of Enterprise Integration standards, see The PERA User Guides for your industry (e.g., chemical process or mainufacturing industry) and Principal Role (e.g., Owner/Operator or Vendor). Standards in User Guides are also organized according to the Discipline (Professional Role) responsible for implementing that standard.

These Standards are presented alphabetically, according to the Standards body responsible for writing and maintaining these standards. They are not divided by Enterprise Phase as many are used at more than one phase of the Enterprise Life Cycle.

IT standards are identified and reconciled during the Master Planning or Conceptual Engineering Phase; however, IT standards are more consistent across industries, and are also less likely to disrupt engineering design, since they have little impact on physical facilities (except for power, air conditioning and cabling)

CEN CENELEC is the European Committee for Standardization, located in Brussels. US Department of Energy Cyber Security Strategy

ISA - The International Society of Automation

A full list of ISA Stanards Committees is available HERE
The most important standards are:"

ISO - International Standards Organization

MESA - Manufacturing Execution Systems Association.
MESA is a World-leading organization for industrial IT systems above Control Systems and below Corporate IT, including Site Maintenance Management, Production Scheduling and other site MES system. MESA develops standards and manages a large set of development projects including OPC UA (see below).

MIMOSA - Machinery Information Management Open Systems Alliance
MIMOSA is a non-profit industry association, focused on enabling solutions leveraging supplier neutral, open standards, to establish an interoperable industrial ecosystem for Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solutions. Standards include:

NIST Computer Security Resource Center
CSRC is the Computer Security Division's Web site. It is used to encourage broad sharing of information security tools and practices, to provide a resource for information security standards and guidelines, and to identify and link key security Web resources to support the industry.

OAG Open Applications Group
is a non-profit consortium focusing on best practices and process-based XML content for eBusiness and Application Integration. OAG projects include:

OMG Object Management Group
is an international, open membership, non-profit computer industry standards consortium dedicated to setting vendor-neutral software standards, and enabling distributed enterprise-wide interoperability. OMG standards include:

OPC Foundation is a cooperative industry body that develops royalty-free electronic business standards for trading partners within the Global Energy Industry. This includes data acquisition and transport standards.

PIDX International is an industry body that develops royalty-free electronic business standards for trading partners with the Global Energy Industry.

PIP - Process Industry Practices
is an initiative of CII the Construction Industry Institute, and the University of Texas at Austin. PIP provides standards which are "harmonized" from engineering company standards in multiple disciplines including:

Profibus and Profinet International provides standards and testing for Profibus hardware and software including the PROFIBUS Industrial Data Highway Standard.

STEP STandard for Exchange of Product Data
This standard is achieving wide international acceptance and isrequired on large US government projects, however it has been largely superceded in process industries by ISO 15926 .

XML EXtensible Markup Language

TIA / EIA Telecommunications Industry Association / Electronic Industries Association.



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