CyberSecurity Risk Assessment for Automation Systems Webinar Airs April 28

Learn the concepts of risk analysis and how they are applied to industrial manufacturing and control systems based on ANSI/ISA99.

Register now for the first webinar in ISA's Control Systems Security and ANSI/ISA99 Web Seminar Series!

CyberSecurity Risk Assessment for Automation Systems
When: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. ET
Instructor: Tim Shaw
Course No.: IC32Cw1

Risk analysis is an important step in creating a CyberSecurity plan for your automation system. Risk analysis not only identifies security vulnerabilities but also provides the business case for the countermeasures that reduce risk. This course introduces control engineers to the concepts of risk analysis and how they are applied to industrial manufacturing and control systems based on the ANSI/ISA99 standards. This course is also valuable for IT professionals who wish to learn the special considerations for performing risk analysis on automation systems.

You Will Cover:

What is a Risk Assessment?: Why Perform a Risk Assessment? | Risk Assessment and the ANSI/ISA99 Standards | Definition of Terms | The Risk Equation
Performing a Risk Assessment: Preparation | List Assets to Protect | Identify Threats | Establish Vulnerabilities | Rate the Threats | Select Countermeasures to Mitigate Risk
DuPont Network Security Assessment Methodology (DNSAM)—An Example of a Risk Assessment Methodology: Identify Assets | Assign Threat Probability | Assign Threat Criticality | Select Countermeasures | Pros and Cons of the DNSAM | Where to Learn More
You Will Be Able To:

Discuss how risk assessment fits into the ANSI/ISA99 standards
Define the key elements of a risk assessment
List the steps to perform a risk assessment
Identify common vulnerabilities of manufacturing and control systems
Recognize industrial risk assessment methodology

Equipment and System Requirements:
Touch-tone telephone with a speakerphone for the audio portion of the live seminars
All US and Canadian participants will dial into a toll-free number
All non-US or non-Canadian participants will dial into a toll number and be charged by the long distance provider for the call
Internet connection running at 28.8 bps or faster
Java-enabled browser (Netscape Navigator 4.04 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later)
Computer monitor large enough for all participants to view or projection system for presentation to larger audiences

For more information, including registration details, please call 919-549-8411, or visit www.isa.org/training/websem

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