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Nahla Davies
Nahla Davies is a software developer and tech writer. Before devoting her work full time to technical writing, she managed—among other intriguing things—to serve as a lead programmer at an Inc. 5000 experiential branding organization whose clients include Samsung, Time Warner, Netflix and Sony.
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The Silent Automation Layer Nobody Talks About: Middleware Becoming the Real Control System
Middleware became a control system, and it did so without inheriting any of the discipline we spent seventy years wrapping around control systems.By: Nahla Davies21 July, 2026 | 4 minutes -
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Hyperautomation Hits the Factory Floor: When Everything Starts Automating Everything
The target of the automation is no longer a task. It's the discovery and automation of processes themselves.By: Nahla Davies21 July, 2026 | 4 minutes -
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The Encryption Enigma: Securing Automated Processes
With the convergence of IT and OT, "smart" automation has become the backbone of modern industries.By: Nahla Davies21 October, 2024 | 5 minutes -
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Cyber-resilient Automation: Building Security from the Ground Up
This article explores the basic concepts behind building cyber-resilient operational technology (OT) while highlighting a few ways the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards offer guidance.By: Nahla Davies06 September, 2024 | 3 minutesSponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA) -
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Cyber-Resilient Automation: Building Security from the Ground Up
This article explores the basic concepts of resilient OT cybersecurity while highlighting a few ways the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards offer guidance.By: Nahla Davies16 August, 2024 | 3 minutes
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