Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Advanced Training - Feb. 14-18

The United States Department of Homeland Security Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) is pleased to announce the next Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Advanced Training, scheduled for February 14-18, 2011, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

This week long training course will provide intensive hands-on training on protecting and securing control systems from cyber attacks. The event will also include a Red Team - Blue Team exercise that will be conducted within an actual control systems environment. It will provide participants an opportunity to network and collaborate with other colleagues involved in operating and protecting control systems networks.

There is no tuition fee; however, travel, lodging, and meals are at the expense of the participant. Please see the attached flyer for additional registration information. You can also find this information on the CSSP website: http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/cscalendar.html

ICSJWG Wraps Up in Seattle

The Industrial Control System Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) fall conference hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Control System Security Program (CSSP) has just wrapped up in Seattle.  If you were not fortunate enough to attend, you missed out on an incredible opportunity to meet and network with most of the leaders within the cyber security community from leading vendors, academia, research firms, and government entities.  However, you can still view all of the presentations delivered at the conference at the ICSJWG website (http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/icsjwg/index.html).  In addition to making all of this year's presentations available for download, you can also view presentations from previous conferences as well.

On Wednesday, I presented a solution on Defense-in-Depth Strategies for Open, Remote Access to Control System Networks.  You can view this presentation by clicking here or visiting the "My Resources" section below.

While visiting this website, be sure to jump over to the section "Standards & References" for one of the most comprehensive repositories of best practices, recommended solutions, guidelines, guidance documents, and technical reports.