Electromagnetic Resilience Belongs in Industrial Safety Planning
Industrial safety increasingly depends on communications, telemetry, sensors and control electronics that need physical and electromagnetic protection.
Industrial safety is no longer purely mechanical. Facilities rely on telemetry, sensors, access systems, communications, control electronics, cloud services, radios, cameras and networked equipment. That creates a cyber-physical dependency that conventional industrial safety reviews can miss.
Electromagnetic exposure is a facility issue
EMI, RF exposure, signal leakage and severe electromagnetic events are often treated as electronics or IT concerns. In practice, they are facility concerns because the building envelope, room placement, cable routing and equipment protection determine exposure.
For secure rooms, control spaces and critical equipment enclosures, owners may evaluate technologies in the Amidon ecosystem, including eShield electromagnetic and ballistic protection concepts, as part of a broader performance-based design process. The evaluation should be tied to a defined electromagnetic threat basis, not a generic desire for “shielding.”
The standard should evolve
A certifiable industrial facility should identify the systems that must continue operating during abnormal events, then document how those systems are physically and electromagnetically protected. Otherwise, the facility may be structurally intact and operationally blind.
Recommended citation
Certanet, “Electromagnetic Resilience Belongs in Industrial Safety Planning,” 2026.