Post on 10-Jul-2020
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
John Dressel Fluor SI SME
Do you have Digital Nephophobia ?
Digital Nephophobia Benefits of Cloud Computing Cloud Environment Location Types Cloud Service Types Cloud Gateway Portals Cloud Security Standards Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud Smart Instrumentation Cloud Projects Intergraph’s Smart Cloud Smart Form Generator Intergraph Smart Licensing Summery
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Good Cloud or Bad Cloud?
Nephophobia (n): is the fear of clouds. An extension of this phobia is Digital Nephophobia or the fear of cloud computing
Common fears when utilizing cloud computing are: Reliability – dependency on a remote service to host
your and maintain access to your data Security – risk management from hacking and
exposure of data to bad actors on the web Ownership – the lack of local control over company
applications and information
Digital Nephophobia
Phobias can be overcome by facing your fears and learning more about how cloud computing works and familiarization with the elements that bother you.
Some therapies for mitigating cloud data fears are: Education – learn all you can about cloud computing,
how it works and what it can do for you Communicate – consult with trusted advisors about
your needs and how cloud computing can help you Exposure – introduce yourself to cloud services a little
at a time until you are comfortable with working in a cloud environment
Curing Digital Nephophobia
Organizations downloading software apps on their computers, or on-premises infrastructure, to run their businesses is a thing of the past. Cloud computing offers many of benefits over conventional infrastructures. Scalability – Cloud computing enables immediate
scalability of infrastructure capacity depending on the business need or user demands
Accessibility – Cloud computing allows business to deploy their applications across the globe with high-speed internet connectivity
Speed – Ability to instantly scale their cloud capacity and resources by accessing bandwidth demands from remote servers of the cloud service provider
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Benefits of Cloud Computing continued: Cost Savings – Cloud costs depend on the
consumption rather than investing in hardware infrastructure and data centers that either remain idle, or underutilized
Updating – Dealing with several different kinds of software, operating systems, and applications require software and security updates from time to time. A cloud service provider can apply updates and patches automatically transparent to users
Recovery – Cloud providers have robust backup and disaster recovery systems in place for both large corporations and small enterprises
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Benefits of Cloud Computing continued: Security – Protecting sensitive, personally identifiable
data and intellectual property is a considerable challenge for businesses. Advanced cloud security features and standards have reduced the risks of information loss and cyber stealth
Flexibility – Using web-enabled devices irrespective of the device type or global location accessing a cloud offers vast flexibility in access to applications and data
Collaborate – Cloud-based communication and file-sharing enable better collaboration between teams, departments and employees seated in different time zones
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Public Cloud is a service providers deliver services to multiple organizations via the internet Amazon Web Services (AWS) Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Hybrid Cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of private and public cloud services VMware vCloud Air Hewlett Packard Enterprise Helion IBM's Bluemix
Private Cloud is a cloud computing environment that is dedicated to a single organization Vmware Cloud Dell technologies Cloud Oracle Cloud Intergraph Smart Cloud
Cloud Environment Location Types
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) have a hosting company serve up files for your applications and data from their servers Data center physical plant/building Networking firewalls and security Servers and storage
Platform as a Service (PaaS) your applications run on systems software and hardware provided by another company Operating systems, business applications, file management Development tools, database management, business analytics
Software as a Service (SaaS) means you use a complete application running on someone else's system Hosted applications/apps - SmartPlant suite and Instrumentation
Cloud Service Types
Web Based Emails - the benefits of adopting Cloud email services are most often realized in reduced costs and increased operational efficiency AOL Mail, Gmail, Outlook.com/Hotmail.com, Yahoo! Mail
Web Search Engines - Google, Bing and Yahoo are dominating the search engine market and are used daily by companies. General Web Search Engines: Google, Bing, Yahoo Business Specific Search Engines: Thomasnet, Nexis
Web File Storage - provide access to all your important data—Word docs, PDFs, spreadsheets, photos, and any other digital assets Web File storage: Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive Business File Storage: Dropbox Business, Microsoft 365 Business
Cloud Internet Web Service Types
Citrix Cloud Portal is a cloud-based platform for managing and deploying products, desktops and applications to end users using any type of cloud, whether public, private or hybrid, or on-premises hardware
Public Portal is an unsecure Web Page or a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local HTML home page including JavaScript and running through an Internet Web browser
Private Portal is a secure electronic gateway to a collection of digital files, services, and information, accessible over the Internet through a web browser
Vendor Portals for accessing vendor data and sizing selection data for procurement from Vendor applications or catalogs
Cloud Gateway Portals
The ISO/IEC 27000-series (also known as the 'ISMS Family of Standards' or 'ISO27K' for short) comprises Information Security Management Standards published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Okta one of many companies offering Access and Identity Management (AIM) services for securing cloud resources and defining and managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users and the circumstances in which users are granted (or denied) those privileges
Cloud Security Standards
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System (ISMS) - An ISMS is a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information so that it remains secure
ISO/IEC 27002:2013 Security Controls - recommends controls that address security objectives involved in managing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information
ISO/IEC 27017:2015 security for cloud services - additional controls with implementation guidance that specifically relate to cloud services
Cloud Security Standards
OKTA and other AIM providers offer a variety of practices for access and identity management in the following categories: Workforce Identity to protect and enable
employees, contractors, partners with Single Sign-On, Multi-factor Authentication, Universal Directory, Lifecycle Management, API Access Management, Advanced Server Access and Access Gateways
Customer Identity allows companies to build secure, seamless customer experiences with Authentication Authorization, User Management, Multi-factor Authentication’ Lifecycle Management, B2B Integration and Access Gateways
Cloud Security Standards
You already use Intergraph Smart Instrumentation (SPI) because intelligent data has tremendous value in your work processes and for populating both your project’s and your client’s operational instrument systems.
Having Smart Instrumentation in the cloud offers you advantages over traditional distribution: Reduced Time spent in installation and deployment Lower Costs since you do not need to provide server
hardware and IT infrastructure Scalability and integration – it easer to add and
remove users and integrate with other applications in the same cloud
New Hot Fix Upgrades can be automatically installed
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Most Smart Instrumentation users are already implementing Projects in the Cloud by work sharing over the web using Citrix or Terminal Services connections
Examples of past SmartPlant Instrumentation projects using Internet access: EPC Citrix access to Private client servers for SPI
users in O/O As-built Projects mode Company global Multi-offices work sharing via the
Cloud using Citrix with SPI in EPC mode Involved with O/O beta testing of Cloud programs Using SPI Web access to Vendors software for
sharing Instrument Sizing and Selection Data
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Recent Fluor Cloud Project Scope: Fully integrated SmartPlant suite of a large process
plant in a Fluor server farm Cloud platform IaaS: Fluor server farm with all tools residing in one
central server farm location PaaS: Fluor IT and Fluor Automation Team Citrix
distribution of business software to all users SaaS: Intergraph SmartPlant suite including SPI
with SPF integration Project has multiple EPC’s so Fluor provided
individual SPLM License Servers for each Very successful execution with excellent speed
loading data into SPI and deliverable generation
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Hybrid Cloud Project Scope: New SmartPlant Instrumentation project with
provisions future data integration IaaS: LoadSpring Cloud Platform hosted by
TecSurge PaaS: TecSurge provided Operating System and
Engineering applications SaaS: TecSurge provided SPI with ProLytX
governance Owner Operator adopting SPI as a new corporate
standard for plant operations and maintenance Planning Cloud Owner Operator distribution of
multiple projects in the future
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Intergraph Smart Cloud Project Scope A government project using the SmartPlant product
suite on an Intergraph Smart Cloud platform IaaS: Intergraph Smart Cloud with all tools in one
Intergraph central server farm PaaS: Standard Intergraph provided Platform with
Operating System and Utilities SaaS: Intergraph SmartPlant suite including SPI
with SPF integration SPI System administration by Intergraph and
Domain administration by Fluor Excellent portal dashboard provided by Intergraph
for user access
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Intergraph Smart Cloud Project Advantage The Intergraph Smart Cloud environment is
optimized to leverage SmartPlant Instrumentation and other Intergraph Smart product solutions
Security and Control with full ISO/IEC 27001 and okta compliance
Support and Optimization with 24/7 Smart Cloud service team
Digital Transformation with Foundation integration for the Internet of Things and Data Analytics
Agility and Flexibility for faster startup and scalability specific to SmartPlant products
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Typical SPI Administrator Applications: SmartPlant Instrumentation applications SmartPlant Utilities applications Scratchpad file handling applications SmartPlant Foundation applications
Administrator SPI Sub Applications in addition to SmartPlant Instrumentation Applications: External Editors SPI Import Utility SPI Rule Manager Other Applications as needed
Smart Instrumentation on Intergraph's Cloud Portal
Intergraph Smart Cloud Applications Portal
For SPI User Applications: SmartPlant Instrumentation Sub
Applications Scratchpad for Downloading Files
or Folders User Sub Applications:
SmartPlant Instrumentation SPI Share folder SPI Symbol Editor Other Applications as needed
Smart Instrumentation on Intergraph's Cloud Portal
Intergraph Smart Cloud Administration Portal for management of the Cloud environment Enables faster startup Adding and Removing Users and Groups Real-time usage reporting Application access level control Self-service estate & user management Integrated support filing & tracking Automatic Monitoring & Alerts
Smart Instrumentation on Intergraph's Cloud Portal
A single solution to create specs and forms for all Intergraph Smart applications
It is a completely web based solution including cloud storage for form templates
Initially Read only capability; will eventually be able to write to application databases
Flexibility to create forms including graphics Will be delivered with existing forms template
libraries Will eventually connect to all existing Smart
application data sources
Intergraph's Smart Form Generator
Intergraph Smart Licensing monitors usage for internal billing or analytical purposes
Applications built with SmartPlant License Manager will continue run in Intergraph Smart Licensing environment
Once an Intergraph Smart Licensing application is installed on the client, it can no longer use SmartPlant License Manager
Limited monitoring for SmartPlant License Manager built applications
Client computers use either be SmartPlant License Manager or Intergraph Smart Licensing but NOT both
License checkout procedure for disconnected users
Intergraph Smart Licensing
Flexibility Benefits Control over Smart Instrumentation environment Scalability to respond to fluctuating workloads Storage options to reduce on-site resources
Efficiency Benefits Savings on capital expenses and physical resources Reduced downtime in event of upsets Global availability across the internet
Strategic Value Benefits 24/7 Accessibility for collaboration and support Managed IT and SPI infrastructure Access to Up-to-Date technologies Managed Data Security and backups
Don’t get left behind when others move to the Cloud
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud Summery
Reliability – Smart Instrumentation has a proven record in Cloud environments Security – Cloud solutions offer robust ISMS and AIM assets as needed for your data Ownership – Users have global access to data while Cloud administrators have central control over access points and data governance
“The cloud is about how you do computing, not where you do computing.” ~ Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware
Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud
Questions? John Dressel Fluor SI SME