SimpliScada

Name: SimpliScada
Address: Roosevelt, UT, 84066, US
Telephone: +18335610025

SCADA has never been more simple. Our Plug n Play communication link and mobile/web apps eliminate VPNs, servers, and backups.

Securely connect any PLC from anywhere for automated alerts, custom reports, and HMIs. We’ve unified and improved the SCADA process with our Plug n Play on-site communication link and mobile and web apps. Our end-to-end cloud solutions eliminate the need for VPNs, servers, and data backups, enhancing security and reducing operational costs. With Simpli Scada, connect any PLC or controller using most protocols from anywhere securely into our cloud vault to receive automated alerts, customized reports and beautiful HMI's.

11/05/2026

Simpli Explained: Hosted vs Cloud

"Hosted" and "cloud" are often used as if they mean the same thing.

But when it comes to SCADA, that distinction matters.

What's the difference between a hosted system and a true cloud-based architecture?

A hosted system can take traditional software and infrastructure and simply run it somewhere else.

Cloud-based systems can be designed differently from the ground up, changing how the technology is delivered, maintained, updated, and managed.

In this episode of Simpli Explained, we break down why utilities should look beyond where a system is located and understand how it is actually built.

Because moving traditional infrastructure off-site doesn't necessarily change the architecture behind it.

And when evaluating modern SCADA, that's an important distinction.

It's not just about where the system lives.

It's about how the system works.

🎥 Watch Hosted vs Cloud below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

11/04/2026

An operator gets an alert while away from the plant.

Pull over. Grab the laptop. Open it. Connect to the VPN. Open remote desktop. Connect to SCADA.

Then, finally, see what’s happening.

Now imagine:
Open your phone. Authenticate. See your system.

Operators need to be able to check their systems. The technology shouldn’t make that harder than it needs to be.

Sometimes the best measure of modernization isn’t how much technology you add.
It’s how many unnecessary steps you can remove.

11/03/2026

Simpli Explained: Limiting Lateral Attacks

Getting into a network is only part of a cyberattack.

What happens next can be just as important.

If an attacker gains access, how do you prevent them from moving throughout the system?

This is where SCADA architecture becomes critical.

In a connected environment, gaining access to one point can potentially create opportunities to reach other systems, applications, or devices.

Modern architecture can be designed to limit those pathways.

In this episode of Simpli Explained, we look at lateral movement and why utilities should think beyond simply keeping attackers out.

Cybersecurity is also about limiting where someone can go if a system is compromised.

Because protecting critical infrastructure isn't only about the front door.

It's about what an attacker can reach once they're inside.

🎥 Watch Limiting Lateral Attacks below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/30/2026

Simpli Explained: Ask These Four Questions

Deciding whether cloud-based SCADA is right for your utility shouldn't start with the technology.

It should start with the right questions.

What should every utility manager ask before making that decision?

In this episode of Simpli Explained, Dave breaks the conversation down into four questions utilities can use when evaluating their SCADA environment and considering what comes next.

Because choosing a SCADA approach isn't simply about comparing features.

It's about understanding what your utility needs, what you're responsible for maintaining, where your risks are, and whether the architecture supports your long-term operational goals.

The right questions can help move the conversation beyond:

"Should we move to the cloud?"

And toward a much more useful question:

"What approach makes the most sense for our utility?"

🎥 Watch Ask These Four Questions below to hear the four questions every utility manager should consider.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/28/2026

Simpli Explained: Every Connection Matters

Remote access can make SCADA systems easier to manage.

But every new connection also creates another access point that needs to be protected.

What does it mean when we say every remote connection creates another door to defend?

Think about cybersecurity like securing a building.

The more doors you have, the more entry points you need to monitor, manage, and protect.

SCADA environments can work the same way.

Every remote connection, application, and access point becomes another part of the system that utilities need to understand and secure.

In this episode of Simpli Explained, we explore why cybersecurity isn't only about protecting individual connections.

It's also about asking whether all of those connections need to exist in the first place.

Because reducing complexity can reduce the number of doors you have to defend.

Every connection matters.

🎥 Watch Every Connection Matters below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/27/2026

Remember the Old Phone System?
Years ago, businesses relied on their own phone systems.
They maintained them.
Updated them.
Backed them up.
And worried about what happened when something failed.
Eventually, that changed.
Today, most businesses don't think about where their phone system lives. They simply expect reliable communication when they need it.
SCADA may be moving in a similar direction.
Utilities don't actually want servers. They want what those servers provide:
Reliable monitoring.
Reliable alarms.
Reliable reporting.
Reliable operations.
The server itself was never the goal. It was simply the technology used to deliver the outcome.
As technology evolves, sometimes there's a simpler way to accomplish the same goal without maintaining all of the infrastructure behind it.

10/26/2026

Simpli Explained: More Products ≠ More Security

When cybersecurity concerns grow, the response can often be to add another product.

Another application. Another tool. Another layer of technology.

But does adding more automatically make a SCADA system more secure?

What's the difference between securing a system and simply adding more cybersecurity products?

In this episode of Simpli Explained, we look at why cybersecurity isn't just about the number of security tools surrounding a system.

Every additional product can also introduce something else that needs to be configured, updated, monitored, and managed.

That makes the architecture behind the system just as important as the products protecting it.

Strong cybersecurity starts with understanding the entire environment, reducing unnecessary complexity, and designing systems with security in mind from the beginning.

Because sometimes improving security isn't about adding another layer.

It's about reducing the layers you need to protect.

🎥 Watch More Products ≠ More Security below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/20/2026

Simpli Explained: Not All Cloud Is Equal

Moving SCADA to the cloud can sound like a straightforward technology decision.

But there's an important question utilities should be asking:

Are all cloud-based SCADA systems created equal?

The short answer is that "cloud" can mean very different things depending on how a system is designed.

Some platforms may move traditional SCADA infrastructure into a cloud environment while keeping much of the same underlying architecture.

Others are designed differently from the ground up.

In this episode of Simpli Explained, we explore why utilities should look beyond the word "cloud" and understand the architecture behind the system.

What components are still required?

What does the utility need to maintain?

How is the system accessed, updated, and secured?

Simply moving something to the cloud doesn't automatically make it simpler.

The architecture still matters.

🎥 Watch Not All Cloud Is Equal below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/15/2026

Simpli Explained: Would You Install PBX Today?

Most businesses building a new phone system today probably wouldn't start by installing a traditional PBX system in a closet.

Technology has moved on.

So why are utilities still installing local SCADA servers?

In this episode of Simpli Explained, Dave uses the evolution of business phone systems to raise an important question about how utilities approach SCADA infrastructure.

For years, local servers were simply part of the architecture.

But technology has changed.

The question isn't whether local servers have worked.

It's whether utilities should automatically keep building systems the same way simply because that's how they've always been built.

Just as VoIP changed the way businesses think about phone infrastructure, modern SCADA architecture is creating an opportunity to rethink what utilities actually need to own, maintain, update, and secure.

Sometimes modernization starts with a simple question:

If you were designing the system today, would you still build it the same way?

🎥 Watch Would You Install PBX Today? below.

Stay tuned for more episodes of Simpli Explained as we continue breaking down timely issues affecting the water and wastewater industry.

10/14/2026

Does More Complicated Mean Better?
More components. More connections. More infrastructure.
Does that automatically make a SCADA system better?
Not necessarily.
The real question is what operators need the system to accomplish: collect the right data, turn it into useful information, provide reports and alerts, and support automation and control.
Then ask:
What’s the most direct, reliable way to get there?
Complexity should serve a purpose.
It shouldn’t be the measure of how capable a SCADA system is.

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