ICS Security in Rail Transit Control and Communications -- an ICS-ISAC Public Briefing

ARLINGTON, Va. - March 25, 2013 - PRLog -- During the Wednesday April 17th Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ICS-ISAC) Public Briefing Dave Teumim, President of Teumim Technical, LLC, will provide a briefing on "Securing Control and Communications Systems in Rail Transit Environments", from  the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Control and Communications Security Working Group (CCSWG) Recommended Practice Series.

Mr Teumim will begin by providing a historical perspective covering past rail transit cyber incidents.  He will then walk us up the rail industry ICS security learning curve as well as provide thoughts and guidance on using DHS and NIST documents in writing best practices.  In addition to Mr Teumim Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ICS-ISAC) Chair Chris Blask will provide closing comments and wrap-up with some exciting new developments at the Center.

Designed to benefit both the technical & non-technical attendee the ICS-ISAC Public Briefing series takes a no-nonsense approach to addressing issues that cut across industry, sector, and job function. So whether you are hands-on ICS, administrator, or C-level decision-maker you will find valuable information that you can take and implement to further secure your industrial control systems.

ICS Security in Rail Transit Control and Communications
Wednesday April 17th, 2013 – 1:00-2:30pm ET
Register on the ICS-ISAC website: ics-isac.org

 Dave Teumim, CISSP is an independent consultant and president of Teumim Technical, LLC in Allentown, PA. He has been involved in ICS security since 2002 and specializes in Control System Security projects.  He is facilitator for and past chair of American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Control and Communications Security Working Group (CCSWG) and is the author of the book "Industrial Network Security" now in its second edition.

Chris Blask has a career that spans the breadth of the industrial control system cybersecurity space.  From humble beginnings as a control system engineer he soon saw the need for and invented one of the first commercial firewall products.  Joining Cisco Systems he then led their firewall business to a position of global leadership, a legacy that continues to this day.  Recognizing the need to apply Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology to ICS cybersecurity he founded Lofty Perch, authored the first book on SIEM, and created AlienVault's ICS Group.

Today, Mr. Blask is actively involved with a wide range of domestic and international efforts.  He is Founder and CEO of ICS Cybersecurity, Inc.; Chair of the Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ICS-ISAC); Chief Architect for NorthWind Technologies in Doha, Qatar; and is advisor to Itex Solutions in Sana’a, Yemen and to Targetproof in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

The Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ICS-ISAC) exists to bring together the private sector partners and stakeholders for the purpose of sharing knowledge about risks, threats and best practices across our shared critical infrastructure. The Center was created to provide the ICS community with a common platform where collaboration can be performed in an environment best suited to the needs of all involved parties.

A member driven organization, the ICS-ISAC is supported by valued industry partners including Red Tiger Security, Dynetics, Texas PUC, IBM, Management Analytics, McAfee, n-Dimension, Yokogawa, GDS Transnational, SISCO, and Waterfall Security.

Interested organizations, researchers, vendors, and asset owners can become a part of the Industrial Control System Information Sharing and Analysis Center at ics-isac.org.

 POC – Debbie Windle  •   979-204-7218  •   dwindle@ics-isac.org