CyberX Sponsors SANS Webcast on "ICS Hacking Exposed"
Educational webinar features ICS/SCADA expert and lead author of popular McGraw-Hill book
BOSTON, March 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberX, the industrial cybersecurity company protecting ICS infrastructures worldwide, today announced that it is sponsoring a SANS webinar called "ICS Hacking Exposed: Overview of ICS Risk Assessment and Threat Modeling."
To register, please visit https://www.sans.org/webcasts/hacking-exposed-ics-overview-ics-risk-assessment-threat-modeling-104432.
Recently published by McGraw-Hill, "ICS Hacking Exposed" follows in the same spirit as the wildly popular "Hacking Exposed" series, as it explores cybersecurity from an attacker's perspective. Led by the book's lead author, Clint Bodungen, a senior researcher in critical infrastructure threat analysis, this educational webcast will describe how to implement an ICS-focused risk mitigation framework that's practical, efficient and based on situational awareness.
Clint is an experienced ICS/SCADA/OT security professional who will cover key topics from the book including ICS terminology; ICS risk assessment frameworks; examples of ICS vulnerabilities, threats and consequences; and how to use threat modeling to turn ICS threat information into actionable threat intelligence.
Phil Neray, VP of Industrial Cybersecurity at CyberX, will also provide an overview of the company's ICS threat intelligence research including Operation BugDrop, BlackEnergy3, the Mirai botnet, and RADIATION.
WHAT: "ICS Hacking Exposed: Overview of ICS Risk Assessment and Threat Modeling"
WHEN: Tuesday, March 28 at 11am EDT (15:00:00 UTC)
WHERE: SANS Institute: Register here. (Note: You must be a SANS member or create a free account to register.)
About Clint Bodungen, Senior Researcher with Kaspersky Lab, North America (Twitter: @Z_Kr4K3n)
Clint is part of the Critical Infrastructure Threat Analysis team at Kaspersky Lab. He's the lead author of "Hacking Exposed Industrial Control Systems: ICS and SCADA Security Secrets & Solutions" which was recently published by McGraw-Hill. Clint has more than 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, specializing in risk assessment, penetration testing, and vulnerability research. He began his professional career serving in the United States Air Force as his unit's CSSO and OPSEC Manager. Prior to Kaspersky Lab, he worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, Cimation, and Industrial Defender. Clint has led ICS risk assessment and penetration testing projects for many of the country's top energy organizations and is an Adjunct Professor in Cybersecurity at North American University in Houston. He recently presented at the SANS ICS Security Summit in Orlando.
About Phil Neray, VP of Industrial Cybersecurity, CyberX (Twitter: @rdecker99)
Phil began his career as a Schlumberger engineer on oil rigs in South America and has a BSEE from McGill University. He's certified in cloud security (CCSK) and has a Black Belt in American Jiu-Jitsu. Prior to CyberX, Phil held executive roles at enterprise security leaders such as IBM Security/Q1 Labs, Guardium, Veracode, and Symantec.
About CyberX (Twitter: @CyberX_Labs)
CyberX provides the most widely deployed cybersecurity platform for continuously reducing risk to critical industrial infrastructures. Deployed in the world's largest environments and backed by military-grade cyber experts from the IDF, the CyberX platform uniquely combines M2M behavioral analytics with proprietary ICS-specific threat intelligence to identity advanced cyberattacks in real-time.
By continuously monitoring ICS/SCADA/OT networks for targeted attacks, ransomware and industrial malware such as Havex and Black Energy, the CyberX platform enables organizations to prevent costly production outages, catastrophic safety failures, and theft of corporate IP.
CyberX has gained considerable industry recognition including being named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner. The company is also the only industrial cybersecurity vendor selected for the SINET16 Innovator Award sponsored by the US DHS and DoD, and the only ICS security vendor recognized by the International Society of Automation (ISA).
An active member of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the ICS-ISAC, CyberX's groundbreaking ICS threat intelligence research was recently featured in the popular McGraw-Hill book series, "ICS Hacking Exposed." For more information visit CyberX-Labs.com.
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