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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tyler Williams To Discuss Smart Grid Cyber Security In China
As the demand for AMI solutions grows throughout the electric power industry worldwide, China seems to be taking a slightly more cautious approach than many in North America - who have been largely driven by the powerful combination of compelling economics and government stimulus funding - and starting with a clear strategy that deals with standardizing security and interoperability testing before approving massive installations that may cause significant issues down the road. This has long been our position and message to the industrial cyber security community and we are glad to see China weighing-in with what we consider to be ...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Former DHS Cyber Czar Joins Wurldtech Advisory Board
The Wurldtech team is pleased to announce today that Greg Garcia, former Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications with the US Department of Homeland Security, has joined our advisory board. "Wurldtech’s innovation and market penetration has made a significant improvement in the safety, security and reliability of global critical infrastructures” said Garcia. “Theirs is the kind of corporate leadership I vocally encouraged among all stakeholders during my tenure at DHS, so it is a great pleasure for me to join the company’s Advisory Board and provide counsel to – and learn from — such a forward-thinking company with an ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wurldtech In The News
A few points of interest from this week so far: Industry luminary Walt Boyes over at Control Global chimes in on the success of the Achilles Certification program. View his post here and stay tuned for more announcements in the next two weeks. Greg Garcia, former homeland security cyber czar and the newest addition to the Wurldtech advisory board speaks about the cyber security situation in the US and how the Center of Excellence initiative can help on eweek.com, Watch the podcast here.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wurldtech To Join Panel Of Experts At Canadian Smart Grid Summit
Tyler Williams joins executives from IBM and Hydro One to discuss the topic of Smart Grid security. The panel discussion titled: Grid Security: Communications Requirements and Safeguards for a Reliable and Protected Smart Grid will include perspectives from the various stakeholders involved in assuring grid integrity - The end-user, the vendor, and the subject matter expert.
Conference registration and further details can be found by going to the conference website here.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Wurldech To Discuss Smart Grid Security Strategy At Remote Expo 2009
This presentation by our CEO, Mr. Tyler Williams will take a holistic look at the cyber security challenges of emerging industrial wireless and smart grid technologies from a real-world perspective. Learn what utilities see as some of the actual challenges with smart meter and AMI deployments, and what steps are being taken today to reduce overall risk exposure to the bottom line. Discover the differences and similarities between the security challenges of emerging Smart Grid technologies and traditional IT and SCADA security challenges. Review current best practices for ensuring Smart Grid security when viewed from an organization, people, process and ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Foxboro ZCP Industrial Controller Is Achilles Certified
The I/A ZCP 270 is the fifteenth control system to be certified and the fourth from Invensys to meet the Level 1 criteria, along with the I/A FCP 270, Triconex Trident and Triconex Tricon controllers, and joins a long series of certified products that have made the Achilles Certified designation the standard for cyber security certification in the industrial automation industry. So What Does This Mean To You? End-User Operators: Insist On Achilles Certified Products
As cyber security risks to process control networks grow in frequency and sophistication and the costs associated with patch management and unexpected downtime increase, leading ...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Safety vs. Security in SCADA Systems
Before joining Wurldtech and becoming immersed in the field of industrial cyber security, I never gave much thought to the differences between the concepts of safety and security. There was an intuitive understanding: I knew what each term meant and when it was appropriate to use one over the other. However, upon entering our industry, the line between these two previously distinctive terms became blurred. Talk of concepts such as functional safety, functional security, safety integrity levels, and security assurance levels caused me to question not only how the two words were different with respect to industrial automation, but also ...
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