Are your computerized factory automation, process control, and SCADA networks vulnerable to hackers, spies, or saboteurs? This seminar will teach you the basics of cybersecurity, and how to apply it to your industrial networks.

Are your computerized factory automation, process control, and SCADA networks vulnerable to hackers, spies, or saboteurs? This seminar will teach you the basics of cybersecurity, and how to apply it to your industrial networks.

You will be able to:

• Understand why improving industrial security will be necessary to protect people, property, and profits
• Learn how today’s computerized networks, with COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) software, open systems, and Web accessibility, are more vulnerable than previous generations of systems
• Conduct a preliminary analysis of the vulnerability of your industrial networks
• Understand how to anticipate attacks and deploy defenses
• Talk knowledgeably with management, IT people, and vendors about improving your industrial network security

You will cover:

• What is Security: Definition | The Three Aspects of Security | Security vs. Safety
• Cyber Threats in the New Millennium: Who Might Attack and Why | Insiders vs. Outsiders | Computer Crime Statistics
• Terminology and Tools: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures | Risk Assessments
• Computer and Network Vulnerabilities: Pre-1990 Systems | COTS Hardware and Software | Open Systems | Real Time OS and Environment | Web Accessibility | Wireless
• The Forces Against You: Attacker Tools and Techniques
• Defense Tools and Strategies: Foundations of Computer Security | Policies and Procedures | Encryption | Firewalls | Intrusion Prevention and Detection | Network Separation
• Analysis and Protection Examples Factory Automation Network | Chemical Plant Process Control | SCADA Network
• Where to Go from Here: Role of Standards | Role of Government | Education in Cyber Security | Talking to Vendors about Security Requirement

The last day to register online is October 20, 2008.

Registration is via the ISA website -

This seminar exposes you to practical SCADA applications that have been successfully implemented. It will help you understand the features of SCADA that allow it to benefit industry.

Description:

This seminar exposes you to practical applications that have been successfully implemented by many companies in the industries that use Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. It will lead you towards an understanding of the features of SCADA that allows the technology to benefit industry. This seminar will familiarize you with existing and potential applications of SCADA technology, and with the factors about SCADA that will allow you to develop your own applications.

You will be able to:

• Describe the features that make SCADA different from other process control technologies
• Describe the componets of a SCADA system, their functions, and how they communicate with each other
• Describe the major applications of SCADA across many industries
• Understand which types of applications should not use SCADA, and why not 
• Recognize application opportunities based on your existing knowledge of your process and your new knowledge of SCADA
• Anticipate new application opportunities based on the direction that several SCADA related technologies are developing
• Extrapolate SCADA application opportunities from other industries based on your newly acquired knowledge of their applications

You will cover:

• Overview of SCADA: Large, relatively simple processes | Communications | SCADA Structure - MTU, RTUs
• Data Interoperability: OPC | SQL
• Traditional SCADA Applications: Oil Production | LACT | Wellhead Control | Gas Production
• Examples of Future Applications: Oil/Gas Production | Electric Generation and Transmission | Electric Distribution | Pipeline Operation | Irrigation | Urban Water Distribution
• What will drive New Applications? Better Communication | Sensors to RTU's | RTU's to MTU's | Networking
• User Need Drives the Future 

The last day to register online is October 20, 2008.

Registration is via the ISA website -