Security Conference to Tackle Cybersecurity Controls

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 25, 2008 – Representatives of government, academia, and industry gather this week in California for a three day conference on process control systems to enhance cybersecurity.  The conference, titled “Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure,” covers a variety of topics on building and maintaining secure government and industry networks.  

“Process control systems play a critical role in maintaining the availability and performance of national infrastructure such as power grids, water supplies, gas pipelines, and chemical plants.  Therefore, the security of these systems is paramount,” said Robert J. Clerman, corporate vice president for corporate mission development, at Noblis, Inc., an organizer of the event.  “Bringing these stakeholders together will result in more secure control system architectures and improved security practices.”

The conference is hosted by the Process Control Systems Forum (PCSF), which was created February 2005 at the behest of the Department of Homeland Security to bring together the best minds in government, industry, and academia to collaborate on security improvements for process control systems.  The 2008 Process Control Systems Industry Conference, organized by Noblis, a non-profit science, technology and strategy organization, will be held August 26 - August 28 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines hotel in La Jolla, California.

For more information on the event, visit the PCSF web site, https://www.pcsforum.org/events/2008/ or contact Julie Brenner, 703.610.2132 or 1.877.727.3674 (877.PCSFORG), E-mail: julie.brenner@noblis.org

About the Process Control Systems Forum
The Process Control Systems Forum (PCSF) was formed to accelerate the design, development, and deployment of more secure computer systems.  It is an open, collaborative, voluntary forum of international stakeholders from government, academia, and industry, including system users, owner/operators, and systems integrators; as well as the vendor community. More than 460 organizations are represented through the PCSF.  For a complete listing, visit:   https://www.pcsforum.org/participants/

About Noblis
Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization that helps clients in the public and private sector solve complex scientific, systems, process, and infrastructure problems in ways to benefit the public. Noblis brings the best of scientific thought, management and engineering know-how to find practical, efficient and effective solutions. Noblis is at work in many fields, including national security and intelligence; transportation; health innovation; enterprise services; energy and environmental sustainability; and oceans, atmosphere and space. Noblis recently was named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for 2008 by the Ethisphere Institute at a joint conference with Forbes magazine.  For more information about Noblis, see www.noblis.org.

Contact Edna Davis, 703-610-1953, edavis@noblis.org, or Lisa Pellegrin, 703-610-1580, Lisa.Pellegrin@noblis.org