Feed industry professionals recently gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, for USPOULTRY’s 2023 Feed Mill Management Seminar. Program elements covered a multitude of topics, from regulatory updates to shrink control, control systems cyber protection, evolving energy opportunities, dust accumulation and more.
Isaac Kinnard, network engineer for CPM Beta Raven, and Pete Ensch, president & CEO of WEM Automation, discussed the significance of cyber protection for mill control systems. The importance of segregating mill systems from the internet and implementing appropriate access controls was discussed, including suggestions on how to do this. Ways to prepare for, mitigate and recover from a cyber attack were also discussed.