ECIL intros 'MPROGICON 5000 Power Series PLC

HYDERABAD, INDIA: Dr. Anil Kakodkar, member of Atomic Energy Commission is going to launch 'MPROGICON 5000 Power Series, a third generation Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) developed by Hyderabad-based Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) here on May 18. In order to address the security concerns arising out of malware or trap doors in vital equipment, ECIL has come up with this new PLC.

The PLC consists of the semiconductors which power its computation eingines, the application development tools which generate run-time code for the PLC, the desk top computers and work stations which host the development tools, the network components which carry bits and bytes around.

The components are vulnerable to malware either pre-built or introduced subsequently through the known vulnerabilities in hardware and software.

ECIL will be targeting the PLCs at strategic sectors of atomic energy, defence, aerospace and Homeland security where safety and security can not be compromised. Due to the dominance by foreign brands, most of the players in the Indian market do not expose their designs and software for full verification.

ECIL has developed a new series of PLCs called MPROGICON 5000, so that the difficulties encountered by the use of imported PLCs and threat of malware could be reduced.