OT Cybersecurity Training Abhisam India Aug 2023

OT Cybersecurity Training held in Mumbai

Abhisam’s India office successfully conducted the Abhisam “Understanding OT Cybersecurity and IEC 62443 training workshop” at Hotel Ira by Orchid, Andheri, Mumbai on 2nd Aug 2023. This unique, in-person Instructor led OT Cybersecurity training workshop was led by Mandar Phadke from Abhisam. Who participated in the OT Cybersecurity training program? Participants included a mix of senior and  middle level  professionals from several marquee companies including thyssenkrupp, Worley, Technova, Schneider …

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SCADA Security Certification

SCADA Security Certification

This short guide will explain all aspects of SCADA Security Certification. But first we will understand what is a SCADA. What is SCADA? SCADA is short for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System. These systems are used in a wide variety of industries from electrical grids (electrical substation SCADA) to pipeline monitoring systems. A typical SCADA consists of remote terminal units (RTUs), and/or PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and/or IED …

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IEC 62443

Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity Course CICP gets an updated module on OT Security standards

Abhisam is pleased to announce that the Industrial Cybersecurity Training Course (Certified Industrial Cybersecurity Professional) has now an updated module on OT Security standards. The previous module titled IACS Security Standards has been thoroughly revised and has got several new sections that cover a lot about the parts of  the ANSI/ISA/ IEC 62443 standard that have been published so far. What is the CICP program? Abhisam introduced the Industrial …

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Building Automation System

NIST 800-82 Rev 3 draft released

Update: The Full version of NIST 800-82 Rev 3 has been released. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is a part of the US Department of Commerce had invited public comments before release of the Revision 3 of the NIST 800-82  Guide to ICS Security, we had a blog post that talked about this a few months ago here. This Initial public draft has now been …

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Understanding IEC 62443-2-4

What is IEC 62443-2-4? Understand it easily

Abhisam is pleased to announce that a new module on understanding IEC 62443-2-4 is  now a part of the Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity training course (Professional Version). What is IEC 62443-2-4? As you probably know, the IEC 62443 series of standards is developed jointly by ISA (International Society of Automation) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), to provide guidance for implementing Industrial Cybersecurity.  The term is synonymous with OT Security (Operational …

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log4j

Log4j vulnerability and ICS security

As you may already be aware, a new critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) affecting Apache Log4j software library versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1 has been discovered. What is the Log4j vulnerability? Log4j is used in many websites,  consumer and enterprise services and  applications—as well as in operational technology products, which includes even Industrial Control Systems such as DCS, SIS, PLC, SCADA, Process Historians and similar hosts and controllers. For …

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Industrial Cyber security plain chart

Industrial cyber security Lifecycle- top 10 controls to secure your IACS

The Abhisam Industrial Cyber Security Lifecycle shows the top 10 controls needed to achieve robust cyber security for your Industrial Automation, Control and Safety System (IACS). IACS is a broad term for control and automation systems such as DCS (Distributed Control Systems), PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems), SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems), HIPPS (High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems), BMS (Burner Management Systems) and others. …

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NIST

NIST Guide to ICS Security- Call for comments

Update: NIST has released the draft now. Please see here for news on the latest NIST 800 Rev 3 Draft. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is a part of the US Department of Commerce has invited public comments to update the existing NIST Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, SP 800-82 Rev 2 to SP 800-82 (Rev 3). The deadline for comments is May …

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Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity Course Released!

Abhisam is delighted to announce that its much awaited  e-learning course (XPRTU) on Industrial Cybersecurity is now released and available for purchase on the Abhisam website! This ICS Cybersecurity course covers all that you need to know about Industrial Control System Cybersecurity. Available in three options as Online (for individuals), Enterprise (for companies and other organizations) and Enterprise SCORM (in case a company/organization would like this to be accessible …

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