Industrial Cybersecurity webinar series
Here’s an interesting piece of industrial cyber security news for you! Abhisam is pleased to announce a free series of industrial cyber security webinars in the new year 2023.
The “Introduction to Industrial Cybersecurity and IEC 62443” webinar, is a primer for anybody who wishes to know more about securing their Industrial Automation, Control and Safety Systems from cyber threats.
Note: For a comprehensive certification program on Industrial Cybersecurity, please consider joining the Abhisam CICP program (Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional).
Schedule
The webinar will be held on Wednesday, 24th May 2023 at 16:30 hrs Indian Standard Time. You can see the time in your own time zone while registering. This should last for about 55 minutes.
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In the subsequent weeks, these webinars will be repeated at different times to suit the convenience of our global audience.
You can register for the event here
Who should attend
This webinar series will be interesting for not only Instrumentation, Automation and Control System engineers and managers and IT security auditors, but also for others who may be interested in the subject such as Functional Safety professionals, Process Safety professionals, OT security researchers cybersecurity auditors and Industrial IoT professionals.
Be sure to attend as we are not sure that there will be a recording of these events for viewing later.
Agenda
The following Agenda will be covered. It is ideal for someone who is new to Industrial Cybersecurity and OT security, as well as for those who are somewhat familiar with the subject, but would still like to know new developments in the area.
- What is Industrial Cybersecurity? Why has it become important today?
- How is critical infrastructure under threat today?
- Some Past attacks on Industrial Automation Systems
- How is Industrial Cybersecurity & OT security different from IT security?
- Common Myths about Industrial Cybersecurity
- What is IEC 62443?
- What is the Industrial Cybersecurity Lifecycle?
- How to protect your Industrial assets from cyber attacks?
- Where to learn more and get certified?
Why attend this webinar?
In approximately 1 hour you will understand what is Industrial Cybersecurity and OT (Operational Technology) cybersecurity, why it is important today, how to protect your industrial control ssytems from cyber attacks and get an overview of IEC 62443 set of standards, practices and technical reports.
OT security Audits
If you are an OT security auditor or are in IT security but would like to expand your domain into OT security then this is a great opportunity to learn the basics for free.
Instrumentation & Automation Engineers
If you are an Instrumentation, Automation or Control systems professional, working in any industry you need to know the basics of ICS security, which is protecting your Industrial Automation systems (whether they are based on DCS, PLC, SCADA) against cyber threats. This is a great way to start to understand how to protect your IACS.
Functional Safety Professionals
If you are a Functional Safety Professional, then it is very important for you to understand that to ensure that your Safety Instrumented Systems are reliable, in addition to Random Hardware Failures and Systematic Failures, that are emphasized in the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 standards, you must also consider the vulnerability to malicious cyber attacks. Hence all Functional Safety Professionals should attend this webinar.
