Industrial Control Systems process different data than enterprise networks, for different reasons, and most of the endpoint actors are machines, not people. While traditional IT security emphasizes confidentiality, integrity, and availability, control system security emphasizes safety, reliability, and integrity. The objectives are different, the approaches can be different, and sometimes even the products are different.
But some things stay the same. No matter how much automation is added to a power grid, the underlying objectives still exist. Integrating information technology (IT) into a power grid presents enormous potential to deliver commodities more efficiently and profitably. Newer techniques can significantly reduce wasted energy, with social and environmental benefits. But the reason that grids exist remains the same: to reliably deliver power to consumers.
Featuring Pike Research senior analyst Bob Lockhart, a recognized expert on smart-grid cyber security, and panelists Ernie Hayden, managing principal for energy security at Verizon, and Patrick Miller, CEO of EnergySec and principal investigator for the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization, this webinar will examine the issues for securing smart grid supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. How should it be approached? How is securing SCADA different from securing enterprise IT networks? What are the security issues for SCADA communications?
The panel session will discuss these issues first, followed by a chance for audience Q&A.
Key Topics:
- Securing Smart Grid SCADA Systems
- Security guidelines that should be used to determine adequate security
- SCADA security is different from smart metering security
- SCADA communications security issues
What does this webinar answer?
- What are the key Smart Grid Cyber Security risks and vulnerabilities that are not adequately mitigated?
- What are some technologies that can improve the cyber security of Smart Grids
- What are the most important Technology Issues for Smart Grid Cyber Security?
Who needs to attend?
- Utility Executives
- Cyber Security Vendors
- Systems Integrators
- Systems Integrators
- Smart Grid Professional Services Providers
- Smart Grid Device Manufacturers