Department of Homeland Security Webinars
The Department of Homeland Security is planning a one-hour, no cost webinar that may be of interest to you. Please mark your calendars and click on the link to register for this event.
November 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
The Infrastructure Protection Security Survey. What’s in it for You?
Presenter: Mr. Mike Norman, Director, Protective Security Coordination Division Field Operations Branch, Office of Infrastructure Protection. To register for this event, please go to: https://connect.hsin.gov/cikrls_ecip/event/registration.html
Cyber Security Training Workshops
Note: The current economic downturn may be a perfect storm for (cyber) security breaches” McAffee Report on Cybersecurity
To: Water/Wastewater Utilities
From: Water Sector Coordinating Council (WSCC)
RE: Cyber Security Training Workshops
Date/Place — October 15, 2009-Chicago, IL, October 26, 2009-San Antonio, TX and
November 3, 2009-Holliston (Boston), MA
The urgent need to mitigate risks and threats to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) has led the water sector to collaborate with government leaders on an integrated security strategy as detailed in the Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Water Sector, March 2008.
A critical component of this effort is equipping utility personnel with the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to identify, defend against and reduce the risk from cyber attack.
The WSCC is hosting a series of workshops designed specifically to improve the knowledge, skills and abilities of U.S. based water sector utility employees who are responsible for control system security. The Department of Homeland Security’s Control Systems Security Program will present the workshop training and discuss security products that are available for use by Water Sector asset owners and operators. These one-day events will include:
- A briefing on the Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Water Sector to review the goals, milestones, and information on roles, responsibilities and relationship models for IT and ICS organizations;
- An overview of cyber risks and threats to utility based ICS;
- Concrete and easy to understand mitigation strategies for securing ICS;
- Demonstration and instruction on the DHS mitigation and self assessment tools.
To register for the one of the three workshops please go to www.waterisac.org and select News and Events at the top of the page.
If you have any questions regarding the workshops, please contact Aaron Levy at levy@amwa.net or Kevin Morley at kmorley@awwa.org.
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