The document discusses the current challenges facing cybersecurity in the electric sector. It notes that legacy systems remain vulnerable, adversaries are intelligent and adaptive, and economic pressures have increased risks. It then introduces the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization (NESCO), a non-profit funded by the Department of Energy to improve information sharing and cybersecurity practices across the electric industry through public-private collaboration. NESCO has over 650 members from electric utilities and aims to identify best practices, analyze threats, and encourage research to address cyber vulnerabilities.
Don't Get Hacked! Cybersecurity Boot CampEnergySec
At the 2011 NARUC Winter Committee Meetings, Patrick Miller teamed up with seasoned security experts Miles Keogh from NARUC and Bill Hunteman from the Department of Energy to deliver an engaging Cybersecurity Boot Camp.
NESCO was founded in 2004 and received DOE grant funding in 2010 to serve as the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization. It aims to improve cybersecurity in the electric sector through identifying best practices, analyzing threats, focusing research, and encouraging information sharing between government and industry. NESCO currently has over 500 members and facilitates sharing through meetings, briefings, online forums and repositories. Its goal is to build trust for information exchange through relationships rather than technology alone.
Next Generation Information Sharing For The Electric SectorEnergySec
The document discusses the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization (NESCO), a DOE-funded program led by EnergySec to improve cybersecurity information sharing in the electric sector. NESCO has over 460 members from electric utilities and vendors. It aims to identify best practices, analyze threats, and facilitate sharing between government, industry and other stakeholders. The document outlines NESCO's history, goals, and role facilitating voluntary and anonymous information exchange to strengthen cybersecurity.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) coordinates the development of interoperability standards for the smart grid through the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel. NIST's Green Button initiative aims to empower consumers by giving them access to download their energy usage data in a standardized, machine-readable format from their utility website. This access to data is intended to spur innovation through third-party applications and services that help consumers understand and reduce their energy use. Over 10 million consumers now have access to their Green Button data with over 30 million expected to have access by 2013.
The document discusses the importance of protecting personal privacy in the development of smart grid technologies through an approach called "Privacy by Design", which embeds privacy into new technologies from the initial design stage. It notes that gaining consumer trust will be essential for smart grid initiatives to succeed, as many consumers are currently wary about privacy risks, and outlines seven foundational principles of Privacy by Design.
Hype, Hope and Happenstance: Cyber Threats and Opportunities in an Age of Aut...EnergySec
The document discusses cyber threats and opportunities in the electric utility industry arising from increased automation. It notes that while the electric grid has not experienced a significant cyber-related outage, adversaries with the ability to cause outages currently lack motivation. It highlights challenges around securing critical infrastructure systems and controlling access as the industry moves towards cloud-based services, mobile access, and integration of distributed energy resources and smart grid technologies.
This document is a report on managing cybersecurity threats to the smart grid. It was prepared by four Master of Public Administration students for Iberdrola USA as part of their capstone project. The report provides an overview of smart grid technology, cybersecurity threats to electric utilities, and efforts by utilities and government to prevent and mitigate those threats. It is based on a literature review and interviews with smart grid cybersecurity experts. Appendices include proposed training materials on cybersecurity for electric utility lineworkers.
Don't Get Hacked! Cybersecurity Boot CampEnergySec
At the 2011 NARUC Winter Committee Meetings, Patrick Miller teamed up with seasoned security experts Miles Keogh from NARUC and Bill Hunteman from the Department of Energy to deliver an engaging Cybersecurity Boot Camp.
NESCO was founded in 2004 and received DOE grant funding in 2010 to serve as the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization. It aims to improve cybersecurity in the electric sector through identifying best practices, analyzing threats, focusing research, and encouraging information sharing between government and industry. NESCO currently has over 500 members and facilitates sharing through meetings, briefings, online forums and repositories. Its goal is to build trust for information exchange through relationships rather than technology alone.
Next Generation Information Sharing For The Electric SectorEnergySec
The document discusses the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization (NESCO), a DOE-funded program led by EnergySec to improve cybersecurity information sharing in the electric sector. NESCO has over 460 members from electric utilities and vendors. It aims to identify best practices, analyze threats, and facilitate sharing between government, industry and other stakeholders. The document outlines NESCO's history, goals, and role facilitating voluntary and anonymous information exchange to strengthen cybersecurity.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) coordinates the development of interoperability standards for the smart grid through the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel. NIST's Green Button initiative aims to empower consumers by giving them access to download their energy usage data in a standardized, machine-readable format from their utility website. This access to data is intended to spur innovation through third-party applications and services that help consumers understand and reduce their energy use. Over 10 million consumers now have access to their Green Button data with over 30 million expected to have access by 2013.
The document discusses the importance of protecting personal privacy in the development of smart grid technologies through an approach called "Privacy by Design", which embeds privacy into new technologies from the initial design stage. It notes that gaining consumer trust will be essential for smart grid initiatives to succeed, as many consumers are currently wary about privacy risks, and outlines seven foundational principles of Privacy by Design.
Hype, Hope and Happenstance: Cyber Threats and Opportunities in an Age of Aut...EnergySec
The document discusses cyber threats and opportunities in the electric utility industry arising from increased automation. It notes that while the electric grid has not experienced a significant cyber-related outage, adversaries with the ability to cause outages currently lack motivation. It highlights challenges around securing critical infrastructure systems and controlling access as the industry moves towards cloud-based services, mobile access, and integration of distributed energy resources and smart grid technologies.
This document is a report on managing cybersecurity threats to the smart grid. It was prepared by four Master of Public Administration students for Iberdrola USA as part of their capstone project. The report provides an overview of smart grid technology, cybersecurity threats to electric utilities, and efforts by utilities and government to prevent and mitigate those threats. It is based on a literature review and interviews with smart grid cybersecurity experts. Appendices include proposed training materials on cybersecurity for electric utility lineworkers.
At the 2012 Technologies for Security and Compliance Summit, Patrick Miller provides an overview of various industry specific related cybersecurity topics focusing on information sharing.
HetNet's Race to Connect - NEDAS April 1, 2014 In-Building Wireless SummitIlissa Miller
This document summarizes a panel discussion on maximizing 4G networks until 5G is available. It discusses the challenges of increasing data consumption and network congestion. Near term solutions discussed include using more spectrum, increasing cell density through small cells and distributed antenna systems (DAS), offloading data to WiFi networks, and improving spectrum efficiency. The panel explores how these techniques can help alleviate current network constraints and enhance the mobile experience.
This document proposes a network-based solution to integrate building energy management systems. Buildings currently have disconnected energy monitoring systems that result in inefficient energy use. The proposed solution involves creating a network infrastructure to connect these systems, a mediator to translate their different protocols, and user software to monitor energy use. This would help optimize building energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing integrated energy consumption data. However, challenges include proprietary protocols, internet vulnerabilities, collaboration between companies, and ensuring qualified personnel can support the system.
The document discusses IEEE's leadership role in advancing the Smart Grid vision through standards development, education, and collaboration. IEEE is at the forefront of the global Smart Grid movement, leveraging its technical expertise and large membership to establish interoperability standards, share best practices, publish research, and provide educational programs. Working with other organizations, IEEE aims to create a unified set of global Smart Grid standards to ensure the successful transformation of energy systems worldwide.
Bridging the Gap: Between Operations and ITEnergySec
This presentation delivers some concepts related to the gaps between operations and IT that exist. Addressing the various business needs for consistency and the possible real-world purposes of inconsistency is the premise of this slide deck.
This document discusses a project called Connected Collaboration that is supported by a National Science Foundation grant. It aims to use high-bandwidth networks, commodity hardware, and open source software to enable telehealth services for senior citizens and collaborative learning in STEM classrooms. The project addresses bandwidth needs for high-definition video collaboration and removes bottlenecks by designing for gigabit networks. More information can be obtained from the Chief Scientist of the project.
This document discusses the history and future of the Internet and Internet of Things (IoT). It provides a brief history of the early ARPANET project in the 1960s and the development of the first Internet connection in Korea in 1982. It covers the creation of the World Wide Web in 1989 and the first web browser in 1993 that made the Internet accessible to non-experts. The document also discusses standards for IoT connectivity including 6LoWPAN, RPL, and CoAP and how they enable IPv6 connectivity for constrained devices. Finally, it introduces the SNAIL project for providing IPv6 connectivity to small, low-power embedded devices in an IoT context.
Internet of things_by_economides_keynote_speech_at_ccit2014_finalAnastasios Economides
Internet of Things forecast, economics, applications, technology, research challenges, sensor networks security, attack models, countermeasures, network security visualization
IDGA’s 8th Annual Night Vision Systems will bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the night vision community. Analyze future trends, identify immediate and long-term needs, and uncover up-and-coming technologies for use in changing environments. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will gather in Washington to network, share best practices and explore potential paths to illuminate the future of night vision. For more information visit http://bit.ly/17IcToU
Closing the Loop - From Citizen Sensing to Citizen ActuationDavid Crowley
The document discusses using citizen sensing and actuation to close the loop in building energy management. It describes an experiment where sensors monitored energy usage in a building and tweets were sent to occupants requesting they check for unused energy consumption and turn things off. This reduced average daily energy usage by 23.86% during the experiment weeks. Open issues discussed include applying this approach more broadly while addressing challenges involving emerging web technologies, human task management, privacy and applicability to critical infrastructure.
The climate impact of ICT: A review of estimates, trends and regulations (ISM...Adrian Friday
We examine peer-reviewed studies which estimate ICT's current share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be 1.8-2.8% of global GHG emissions. Our findings indicate that published estimates all underestimate the carbon footprint of ICT, possibly by as much as 25%, by failing to account for all of ICT's supply chains and full lifecycle (i.e. emissions scopes 1, 2 and fully inclusive 3). Adjusting for truncation of supply chain pathways, we estimate that ICT's share of emissions could actually be as high as 2.1-3.9%. We explore the argument for and against the role of efficiency gains and green energy in offsetting ICTs global carbon footprint. Whatever assumptions analysts take, they agree that ICT will not reduce its emissions without a major concerted effort involving broad political and industrial action. We provide three reasons to believe ICT emissions are going to increase barring a targeted intervention. We make specific recommendations and pose a set of challenges for those using heavy computation in their research.
Related report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.02622
Security, Vulnerability & Redundancy in MN Broadband InfrastrcutureAnn Treacy
This document summarizes the findings of a 2009 taskforce on security, vulnerability, and redundancy. The taskforce had the goals of making Minnesota a secure and reliable place for work, play, and innovation online by providing redundancy for critical infrastructure and ensuring multiple routes for internet traffic. Key objectives included ensuring no single points of failure for broadband infrastructure, exploring strategies like peering to contribute to security goals, and ensuring ongoing collaboration among stakeholders.
Wireless in the Workplace - White Paper - FINAL SanatizedJack Voth
This document summarizes research from a working group examining wireless devices and security in the workplace. It discusses new enabling wireless technologies like 5G networks, beamforming, and Project Loon. It also covers growing security challenges from the expanding use of wireless devices, bring your own device policies, and the growing Internet of Things. Specific attacks like relay attacks on keyless car entry systems and wireless mouse hijacking are also summarized.
Lone Eagle Consulting Native American Broadband ApplicationsFrank Odasz
This document summarizes best practices for ICT capacity building activities for rural communities presented by Frank Odasz of Lone Eagle Consulting. Some key points include:
1. Lone Eagle Consulting has 25 years of experience with rural ICT innovations, including fast-track training, distance learning, and designing local, regional, and national ICT adoption strategies.
2. Case studies are presented showing the potential of ICT for economic development, education, and social benefits in rural communities worldwide.
3. Metrics for meaningful rural ICT capacity building should focus on what citizens actually do with technologies and ensure genuine, positive outcomes are achieved.
4. A community inclusion process is recommended that raises awareness of opportunities
VICINITY is an open virtual neighborhood network that aims to connect isolated IoT infrastructures and smart objects to overcome barriers to interoperability. It will provide an IoT platform and interoperability as a service using ontologies, virtual neighborhoods, and a peer-to-peer network. This will allow for integrated infrastructures, value-added services, and testing in user cases across different domains like energy, health, transport and buildings.
Solez Bellagio Conference Electronic Strategies for Information and Research:...Kim Solez ,
PowerPoint file for presentation given ten years ago at the historic Bellagio Conference "Prevention of Renal Diseases in the Emerging World:Toward Global Health Equity"
16-18 March, 2004, Bellagio Study and Conference Center
Lake Como, Italy see http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/ Sound files: http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/Pres/Solez/SolezA.wav http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/Pres/Solez/SolezB.wav
This document summarizes a diet plan called "Fat Loss 4 Idiots" that claims to help users lose weight in 11 days. It argues that people get overweight by eating the wrong foods at the wrong times, rather than by lack of exercise. The diet manipulates fat burning and fat storing hormones by having users eat more than 3 times per day. It also uses calorie shifting to confuse the metabolism and force faster fat loss. The diet is presented as a new approach different from low calorie or low carb diets that will help users start losing weight quickly within 11 days if they follow the eating plan.
Как создать товар или услугу будущего. В.П. Покорняк. 10 Nov 2011Вячеслав Марчков
Выступление Валерия Покорняка, гендиректора фирмы "АЛТАН", на конференции "Управление холдингами: стратегии новой реальности" от 10 ноября 2011 г., отель Рэдиссон Роял Москва
Валерий Покорняк выбрал темой своего выступления важные вопросы: «Какие холдинги наиболее привлекательны для инвестора? Бизнес будущего: что принципиально должно измениться в структуре компании? Перемены, которых требуют изменения внешней среды».
Участникам конференции он представил яркую и необычную презентацию «Как создать товар будущего? Как привлечь инвестора (по системе КОД-ПИН®)».
The document defines and provides examples of different types of averages: mean, median, mode, and range. It explains that the mean is calculated by adding all values and dividing by the number of values. The median is the middle number when values are ordered from smallest to largest. The mode is the most common value. The range is the difference between the largest and smallest values. It then works through examples to find the mean, median, mode, and range of 5 children's heights.
The document discusses counting on and back in tens and hundreds. It provides examples of sequences where the numbers increase or decrease by 10 or 100 between each term. Students are asked to identify patterns in sequences and complete number patterns counting on or back by the appropriate amount. They are also prompted to discuss observed patterns with a friend.
The document discusses factors and prime numbers. It explains that factors of a number are pairs of numbers that multiply to give that number. It provides examples of finding the factors of numbers like 10, 8, 20, 7, and 36. It notes that a number with only two factors, 1 and itself, is a prime number. It also discusses how square numbers have identical factors and how understanding factors can help with multiplication.
At the 2012 Technologies for Security and Compliance Summit, Patrick Miller provides an overview of various industry specific related cybersecurity topics focusing on information sharing.
HetNet's Race to Connect - NEDAS April 1, 2014 In-Building Wireless SummitIlissa Miller
This document summarizes a panel discussion on maximizing 4G networks until 5G is available. It discusses the challenges of increasing data consumption and network congestion. Near term solutions discussed include using more spectrum, increasing cell density through small cells and distributed antenna systems (DAS), offloading data to WiFi networks, and improving spectrum efficiency. The panel explores how these techniques can help alleviate current network constraints and enhance the mobile experience.
This document proposes a network-based solution to integrate building energy management systems. Buildings currently have disconnected energy monitoring systems that result in inefficient energy use. The proposed solution involves creating a network infrastructure to connect these systems, a mediator to translate their different protocols, and user software to monitor energy use. This would help optimize building energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing integrated energy consumption data. However, challenges include proprietary protocols, internet vulnerabilities, collaboration between companies, and ensuring qualified personnel can support the system.
The document discusses IEEE's leadership role in advancing the Smart Grid vision through standards development, education, and collaboration. IEEE is at the forefront of the global Smart Grid movement, leveraging its technical expertise and large membership to establish interoperability standards, share best practices, publish research, and provide educational programs. Working with other organizations, IEEE aims to create a unified set of global Smart Grid standards to ensure the successful transformation of energy systems worldwide.
Bridging the Gap: Between Operations and ITEnergySec
This presentation delivers some concepts related to the gaps between operations and IT that exist. Addressing the various business needs for consistency and the possible real-world purposes of inconsistency is the premise of this slide deck.
This document discusses a project called Connected Collaboration that is supported by a National Science Foundation grant. It aims to use high-bandwidth networks, commodity hardware, and open source software to enable telehealth services for senior citizens and collaborative learning in STEM classrooms. The project addresses bandwidth needs for high-definition video collaboration and removes bottlenecks by designing for gigabit networks. More information can be obtained from the Chief Scientist of the project.
This document discusses the history and future of the Internet and Internet of Things (IoT). It provides a brief history of the early ARPANET project in the 1960s and the development of the first Internet connection in Korea in 1982. It covers the creation of the World Wide Web in 1989 and the first web browser in 1993 that made the Internet accessible to non-experts. The document also discusses standards for IoT connectivity including 6LoWPAN, RPL, and CoAP and how they enable IPv6 connectivity for constrained devices. Finally, it introduces the SNAIL project for providing IPv6 connectivity to small, low-power embedded devices in an IoT context.
Internet of things_by_economides_keynote_speech_at_ccit2014_finalAnastasios Economides
Internet of Things forecast, economics, applications, technology, research challenges, sensor networks security, attack models, countermeasures, network security visualization
IDGA’s 8th Annual Night Vision Systems will bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the night vision community. Analyze future trends, identify immediate and long-term needs, and uncover up-and-coming technologies for use in changing environments. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will gather in Washington to network, share best practices and explore potential paths to illuminate the future of night vision. For more information visit http://bit.ly/17IcToU
Closing the Loop - From Citizen Sensing to Citizen ActuationDavid Crowley
The document discusses using citizen sensing and actuation to close the loop in building energy management. It describes an experiment where sensors monitored energy usage in a building and tweets were sent to occupants requesting they check for unused energy consumption and turn things off. This reduced average daily energy usage by 23.86% during the experiment weeks. Open issues discussed include applying this approach more broadly while addressing challenges involving emerging web technologies, human task management, privacy and applicability to critical infrastructure.
The climate impact of ICT: A review of estimates, trends and regulations (ISM...Adrian Friday
We examine peer-reviewed studies which estimate ICT's current share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be 1.8-2.8% of global GHG emissions. Our findings indicate that published estimates all underestimate the carbon footprint of ICT, possibly by as much as 25%, by failing to account for all of ICT's supply chains and full lifecycle (i.e. emissions scopes 1, 2 and fully inclusive 3). Adjusting for truncation of supply chain pathways, we estimate that ICT's share of emissions could actually be as high as 2.1-3.9%. We explore the argument for and against the role of efficiency gains and green energy in offsetting ICTs global carbon footprint. Whatever assumptions analysts take, they agree that ICT will not reduce its emissions without a major concerted effort involving broad political and industrial action. We provide three reasons to believe ICT emissions are going to increase barring a targeted intervention. We make specific recommendations and pose a set of challenges for those using heavy computation in their research.
Related report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.02622
Security, Vulnerability & Redundancy in MN Broadband InfrastrcutureAnn Treacy
This document summarizes the findings of a 2009 taskforce on security, vulnerability, and redundancy. The taskforce had the goals of making Minnesota a secure and reliable place for work, play, and innovation online by providing redundancy for critical infrastructure and ensuring multiple routes for internet traffic. Key objectives included ensuring no single points of failure for broadband infrastructure, exploring strategies like peering to contribute to security goals, and ensuring ongoing collaboration among stakeholders.
Wireless in the Workplace - White Paper - FINAL SanatizedJack Voth
This document summarizes research from a working group examining wireless devices and security in the workplace. It discusses new enabling wireless technologies like 5G networks, beamforming, and Project Loon. It also covers growing security challenges from the expanding use of wireless devices, bring your own device policies, and the growing Internet of Things. Specific attacks like relay attacks on keyless car entry systems and wireless mouse hijacking are also summarized.
Lone Eagle Consulting Native American Broadband ApplicationsFrank Odasz
This document summarizes best practices for ICT capacity building activities for rural communities presented by Frank Odasz of Lone Eagle Consulting. Some key points include:
1. Lone Eagle Consulting has 25 years of experience with rural ICT innovations, including fast-track training, distance learning, and designing local, regional, and national ICT adoption strategies.
2. Case studies are presented showing the potential of ICT for economic development, education, and social benefits in rural communities worldwide.
3. Metrics for meaningful rural ICT capacity building should focus on what citizens actually do with technologies and ensure genuine, positive outcomes are achieved.
4. A community inclusion process is recommended that raises awareness of opportunities
VICINITY is an open virtual neighborhood network that aims to connect isolated IoT infrastructures and smart objects to overcome barriers to interoperability. It will provide an IoT platform and interoperability as a service using ontologies, virtual neighborhoods, and a peer-to-peer network. This will allow for integrated infrastructures, value-added services, and testing in user cases across different domains like energy, health, transport and buildings.
Solez Bellagio Conference Electronic Strategies for Information and Research:...Kim Solez ,
PowerPoint file for presentation given ten years ago at the historic Bellagio Conference "Prevention of Renal Diseases in the Emerging World:Toward Global Health Equity"
16-18 March, 2004, Bellagio Study and Conference Center
Lake Como, Italy see http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/ Sound files: http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/Pres/Solez/SolezA.wav http://www.cybernephrology.ualberta.ca/COMGAN/Bellagio/Pres/Solez/SolezB.wav
This document summarizes a diet plan called "Fat Loss 4 Idiots" that claims to help users lose weight in 11 days. It argues that people get overweight by eating the wrong foods at the wrong times, rather than by lack of exercise. The diet manipulates fat burning and fat storing hormones by having users eat more than 3 times per day. It also uses calorie shifting to confuse the metabolism and force faster fat loss. The diet is presented as a new approach different from low calorie or low carb diets that will help users start losing weight quickly within 11 days if they follow the eating plan.
Как создать товар или услугу будущего. В.П. Покорняк. 10 Nov 2011Вячеслав Марчков
Выступление Валерия Покорняка, гендиректора фирмы "АЛТАН", на конференции "Управление холдингами: стратегии новой реальности" от 10 ноября 2011 г., отель Рэдиссон Роял Москва
Валерий Покорняк выбрал темой своего выступления важные вопросы: «Какие холдинги наиболее привлекательны для инвестора? Бизнес будущего: что принципиально должно измениться в структуре компании? Перемены, которых требуют изменения внешней среды».
Участникам конференции он представил яркую и необычную презентацию «Как создать товар будущего? Как привлечь инвестора (по системе КОД-ПИН®)».
The document defines and provides examples of different types of averages: mean, median, mode, and range. It explains that the mean is calculated by adding all values and dividing by the number of values. The median is the middle number when values are ordered from smallest to largest. The mode is the most common value. The range is the difference between the largest and smallest values. It then works through examples to find the mean, median, mode, and range of 5 children's heights.
The document discusses counting on and back in tens and hundreds. It provides examples of sequences where the numbers increase or decrease by 10 or 100 between each term. Students are asked to identify patterns in sequences and complete number patterns counting on or back by the appropriate amount. They are also prompted to discuss observed patterns with a friend.
The document discusses factors and prime numbers. It explains that factors of a number are pairs of numbers that multiply to give that number. It provides examples of finding the factors of numbers like 10, 8, 20, 7, and 36. It notes that a number with only two factors, 1 and itself, is a prime number. It also discusses how square numbers have identical factors and how understanding factors can help with multiplication.
Paul Klee was a Swiss artist born in 1879 who worked as an art teacher in Germany. He was known for his abstract paintings that did not always depict recognizable objects and for incorporating children's art into his own work. Klee frequently used warm, cool, and neutral colors in his paintings.
Interoperability, Standards and Cybersecurity: A Business PerspectiveEnergySec
The document discusses interoperability, standards, and cybersecurity issues related to smart grids from a business perspective. It notes challenges around establishing interoperability standards, differing approaches among states and regulators, and the difficulties of securing legacy energy infrastructure against sophisticated hackers. The document advocates getting off the innovation treadmill and prioritizing security and privacy considerations in smart grid development.
Next Generation Information Sharing for the Electric SectorEnergySec
Presented in February of 2011 at ERCOT CIPWG meeting, this slide deck addresses not only the NESCO program but also points out the information sharing and collaboration required to help improve security in the electric sector.
The document summarizes the key topics from a briefing on cybersecurity issues facing the electric infrastructure sector. It outlines the technology landscape including increased connectivity and legacy systems. It describes the cybersecurity threats facing the sector such as espionage, organized crime, and warfare. It also notes potential impacts of cyber attacks including cyber-kinetic impacts. Finally, it lists some proposed solutions such as protection, detection, response, education, and exercises.
Cybersecurity for Smart Grids: Vulnerabilities and Strategies to Provide Cybe...Leonardo ENERGY
This Cybersecurity webinar addresses issues of importance to executive, technical, and academic professionals involved with managing and protecting Electric Utilities and Smart Grids. Cyber threats and vulnerabilities, including cyber attacks, will be addressed; as well as Smart Grid trends, and privacy and data integrity issues. United States, European, and International organizations and initiatives to address cybersecurity for utilities will be discussed. The webinar will conclude with strategies to improve cybersecurity. A second cybersecurity webinar (programmed in September 2017) will address best practices, case studies, and legal and regulatory constraints for architecting smart grids in a secure way.
This document discusses cyber security challenges for the smart grid and outlines NIST's efforts to address them. It provides background on the electric grid and goals of the smart grid. The smart grid will be more complex and interconnected, introducing new security risks. NIST published guidelines for smart grid cyber security to help integrate security during modernization. The guidelines provide a risk assessment framework and recommended security requirements but do not mandate specific solutions.
Certrec’s Fas Mosleh presents some of the biggest cyber threats currently targeting utilities. This webinar includes examples of attacks on utilities that have happened in recent years and action steps to prevent future breaches.
As cyber-attacks from nation-state and domestic threats increase, it is important that power plants meet these threats to avoid costly reputational and equipment damage.
For more, visit: https://www.certrec.com/
How to Build Out a Tech Eco-System | Dan Cregg | Lunch & Learn UCICove
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This document summarizes a webinar about cybersecurity for power grids. It introduces OPAL-RT, a company that provides real-time digital simulators for power systems. It then discusses how modern power grids are vulnerable to cyberattacks as they incorporate more intelligent technologies. The rest of the webinar focuses on how real-time simulation can be used to assess cybersecurity risks, research attack mitigation systems, and test compliance with new standards. Speakers from OPAL-RT and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discuss their work using real-time simulation for cybersecurity applications.
Cybersecurity for Smart Grids: Technical Approaches to Provide CybersecurityLeonardo ENERGY
This Cybersecurity webinar, the second in a series, addresses issues of importance to executive, technical, and academic professionals involved with managing and protecting Electric Utilities and Smart Grids worldwide. Technology and market challenges will be addressed, followed by cybersecurity approaches (including those used in Europe and US) and best practices. Three case studies, and legal and regulatory constraints, for architecting smart grids in a secure way also will be presented.
Steve Parker presented during the plenary session at the 2011 ICSJWG Spring Conference. This presentation addressed a brief overview of NESCO then quickly got into the concept of "Security From the Ground Up". This dynamic presentation was well received by the industry.
1) The document discusses the need for bottom-up approaches to critical infrastructure security that engage practitioners, equip them with tools, and empower them to take action.
2) It describes NESCO, a DOE-funded project of EnergySec aimed at establishing a National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization through outreach, sharing resources with industry, and removing obstacles for security professionals.
3) The presenter argues that top-down regulatory approaches have diverted funds from security and failed to address major threats, and that empowering experts within the industry is key to improving the security posture of critical infrastructure.
The document summarizes an agenda for a meeting of the NRECA Agile Fractal Grid Kickoff Meeting. The agenda includes introductions, discussions on various topics such as the managed services store and applications, distributed systems elements, and the industrial internet. It also lists participants from various organizations that will be involved in discussions and the Security Fabric Alliance.
The document summarizes an agenda for a meeting of the NRECA Agile Fractal Grid Kickoff Meeting. The agenda includes welcome and opening remarks, introductions, discussions on various topics related to achieving grid security, reliability and resiliency through advanced analytics and control. It also includes lunch and breaks, and concludes with a wrap up and closing. Government agencies, universities and private sector participants are invited to discuss topics like the managed services store, distributed systems elements, and applying security fabrics to protect industrial internet communications.
EnergySec & National Electric Cyber Security Organization (NESCO) Overview by...TheAnfieldGroup
The National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization (NESCO) was established by the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance cybersecurity information sharing in the electric sector. NESCO is operated by EnergySec, a nonprofit, and provides members with tools like a collaboration portal, rapid notification system, and Tactical Analysis Center. NESCO has grown significantly since its inception and aims to be fully industry-funded after an initial seed period supported by the Department of Energy.
Security of the Electric Grid: It's more than just NERC CIPEnergySec
The availability of spectrum for utility communications networks, heightened consumer protection and privacy concerns, cloud computing and its application to the smart grid, supply chain security – these are just some of the policy and regulatory issues that could have a significant impact on utilities as they integrate millions of data points for more efficient control of the modernized grid. Attention has been focused on compliance with NERC-CIP mandates and passing audits, but what is their place in the broader security picture? Will other policy developments change the landscape of grid security?
Digital Security by Design: Challenge Positioning - John Goodacre, Challenge ...KTN
KTN ran a collaborators' workshop on 26 September 2019 in London to explain more about the Digital Security by Design Challenge announced by the government.
The Digital Security by Design challenge has been recently announced by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This challenge, amounting to £70 million of government funding over 5 years, was delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).
This Collaborators' Workshop provides an opportunity to hear more details of the challenge and forthcoming competitions.
A Scoping Workshop for this challenge was held on 30th May: http://ow.ly/oz6230pHlGl
Find out more about the Defence and Security Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/defence-security
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Tripwire Energy Working Group: Keynote w/Patrick Miller Tripwire
The document discusses the state of cybersecurity in the electric utility industry. It summarizes that infrastructure is a frequent target of cyber attacks from organized crime, nation states, and other adversaries. It also notes that new regulations and frameworks are being introduced at the national level to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience. Utilities are recommended to gap assess controls, improve monitoring, response capabilities, and conduct incident response exercises to prepare for increasing cybersecurity requirements.
Open Source and Cyber Security: Open Source Software's Role in Government Cyb...Great Wide Open
This document summarizes the cybersecurity research agenda of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. It discusses how DHS is focusing on areas like critical infrastructure security, open source software, cyber-physical systems, and new technology programs. The research aims to drive innovation in cybersecurity solutions through collaboration with academia, industry and open source communities to address evolving threats and transition technologies for real-world use.
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Gary Leatherman - A Holistic Approach for Reimagining Cyber DefenseEnergySec
When we talk about cyber security, we recognize that it is part of a holistic approach to security and critical infrastructure protection. Tools and technology are not enough to ensure that mission critical systems provide capabilities needed for the military, continuity of government and commercial enterprises to continue operations in the face of emerging threats. Recognizing the unique nature of our location on the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific, we also understand the importance of collaboration and alignment of critical infrastructure protection among the military, state government, commercial and public stakeholders. A comprehensive approach needs to include innovative capabilities, a thorough analysis of operational dependencies, and the organizational collaboration required to protect critical capabilities. In this session, we will discuss our innovate approach to developing a holistic cyber security approach for critical infrastructure and share a case study to help you think differently about your own approaches for security.
Slide Griffin - Practical Attacks and MitigationsEnergySec
Over the past few years, penetration testing has gotten easier. What used to take a week of scanning, analysis, and exploit research now happens in one day on average in a common IT environment. The efficiency of compromise has increased based on several factors including increased knowledge sharing, more robust computing, and automated exploitation tools. OT environments are often utilizing the same operating systems and are prone to many of the same attacks. The main differences are the presence of custom protocols, embedded systems, and lack of formal security programs to address the gaps created by two-way data communication networks.
This talk will show the most common attacks which our team currently uses to gain access and control over the networks and systems we test. More importantly, we will discuss the “top 10” things an organization can do to mitigate, remediate, and have active visibility into critical systems.
Patrick Miller - Tackling Tomorrow's Biggest Cybersecurity Problems with Real...EnergySec
The document contains a presentation by Patrick Miller of Archer Energy Solutions on various topics related to emerging technologies and cybersecurity challenges. It includes 32 slides with headings like "Hyperconnectivity", "Adaptive Adversaries", and "Boundarylessness". The final slide advertises a workshop on solving cybersecurity problems through group discussions on issues like board engagement, insurance, and regulatory approaches. Contact information is provided at the bottom of each slide for Patrick Miller.
Almost 70 years since the first computer bug was discovered, there has been decades of research done on Information Security theory and practice. Yet, despite vast amounts of money being spent, innumerable academic papers, mainstream media obsession, and entire industries being formed, we are left with the impression that the risk is growing, not receding. Why? Some argue a lack of data, but data clearly exists. We’re likely generating it, in some areas, faster than humans will ever be able to process it. Perhaps, after all of this effort, we’ve managed to box ourselves into metaphors and first principles that might be inappropriately constraining how we think about “Information Security Risk”. In fact, it’s worth noting that we can’t even agree if there is a space between “Cyber” and “Security” when it’s written out. This talk will take an anecdotal look at “Information Security Risk”, “What IS Cyber Security?”, and use that perspective to suggest areas of research that are either lacking or should be made more accessible to the markets, industries, and individuals driving risk management change. In an industry filled with data, perhaps an examination of empty space might be helpful.
Steve Parker - The Internet of Everything: Cyber-defense in an Age of Ubiquit...EnergySec
This document discusses the growing threat of cyber attacks on internet-connected devices and infrastructure in the age of the Internet of Things. It notes that as more devices are connected, there are more potential pathways for attacks. The document explores how cyber attacks could be used to support traditional attacks by disrupting critical services like power, water, communications, and GPS. It also discusses challenges like protecting everything, prioritizing critical systems, building resiliency through redundancy and recovery plans, and managing dependencies on external factors outside an organization's control. Finally, it considers scenarios for potential cyber attacks to disrupt electric power, airlines, manufacturing and other sectors.
Daniel Lance - What "You've Got Mail" Taught Me About Cyber SecurityEnergySec
An interactive look at what security research means today and how we got to zero days, bug bounties, and hoodie hackers in the news. What particular skills or talents are most essential to be effective as a security researcher, and how much can we learn from the new digital anthropologist in waiting.
Lessons Learned For NERC CIPv5 Compliance & Configuration Change ManagementEnergySec
The NERC CIPv5 deadline is fast approaching, and it’s not too late to be prepared. Join Mark Prince, Manager Operational Technology Fossil, from Entergy, Karl Perman, VP Member Services from EnergySec and Tim Erlin, Director from Tripwire to discuss achieving and maintaining NERC CIPv5 compliance in a fossil generation plant. We’ll cover some of the challenges that Entergy has experienced in their NERC CIPv5 compliance journey. Specifically, we will discuss configuration change management and how to leverage technologies for these requirements and consider what life would be without them.
Explore the Implicit Requirements of the NERC CIP RSAWsEnergySec
Regulated entities should consider the RSAW templates when preparing evidence of compliance with the NERC CIP Standards. There are a number of implicit requirements in CIP v5 which an entity needs to fulfill to be compliant, which are not specifically identified in the actual requirements.
In this webinar, our experts will discuss such implicit requirements. Key learning's from this session would be:
RSAW format
Implicit requirements of CIP RSAWs
Leveraging technology for RSAW management
Wireless Sensor Networks: Nothing is Out of ReachEnergySec
Presenter: Daniel Lance, Layered Integration
After years of installing wireless sensor networks in homes and businesses we are now faced with a question “How is this all secure? Or is it?” A look into WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks) history and original design concepts that paved the road to us using these in our every day life.
This presentation will be a deep dive into wireless and reveal new challenges we have in protecting our perimeter when all of our core monitoring devices are riding a wave into the public space as most industrial control providers look to capitalize on fast installation times and inexpensive adaptive solutions. This research shows us start to finish how anyone with a laptop and SDR (Software Defined Radio) can hack into and take control of WSN’s from outside the front gate.
The presentation will demonstrate how a device inside your facility might reveal itself through spectrum analysis than how a hacker might flank the security of the device and own the network with very simple replay attacks that can grant them physical access, and how social engineering pre-installation and post-installation will cause you to disregard warning signs that someone is tampering with the network. A high level understanding of radio is no longer needed for packet analysis with open source tools, proper implementation has never been more important as even a encrypted device can be compromised by the last mile before installation. We will talk about the tools security professionals are lacking from the manufactures of these devices to scan for a compromised device and what can be done in the future to protect WSN’s.
Presenter: Mikael Vingaard, EnergiNet.dk
The goal of having a Honeypot (a fake ‘vulnerable’ IT-system/ service) is to learn more about your attackers and the methods they will use to breach your ICS/SCADA systems – but how can the Energy Sector actual benefit from using a Honeypot?
The Danish information security researcher, Mikael Vingaard has taken various free open source software to deploy ICS/SCADA Honeypot systems, and will share his experiences from the research and present interesting findings from the collected informations.
The talk will be discuss the pros and cons of honeypots, how to use honeypots as an early-warning system and add some interesting points seen from the energy sector of using Honeypot systems.
The presentation will showcase that gaining access to actual ICS threat intelligence can be done – even in budget constrained organizations.
This document discusses how unidirectional security gateways can maximize security and minimize compliance costs for industrial control systems. It argues that firewalls are porous and all firewalls forward attacks, while unidirectional gateways break the bidirectional channel required for most attacks. The document provides several examples of how unidirectional gateways can be applied in industrial environments and claims they provide stronger security than firewalls while also helping to reduce costs associated with NERC CIP compliance standards.
NERC CIP Version 5 and Beyond – Compliance and the Vendor’s RoleEnergySec
Presenter: Joseph Loomis, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
Asset Owners face challenges as they strive towards implementing the NERC-CIP V5 requirements. Meeting the requirements often require documentation and technical knowledge of how an asset operates that can only be provided by a Vendor. Vendors, likewise, may be unclear about how the NERC-CIP requirements affect them, and are unsure about how to meet the technical requirements. In this presentation we detail the lessons learned from a recent project where SwRI worked with a Vendor to determine how the requirements apply to them and what the Vendor needs to have to help support an Asset Owner in an audit.
Industrial Technology Trajectory: Running With ScissorsEnergySec
Presenter: Patrick Miller, EnergySec (President Emeritis)
Innovative and disruptive technologies are enhancing and invading our traditional industrial business model. Future infrastructure organizations will need more data to operate efficiently and succeed in the brave new interconnected world. The diversity of new technologies and data will fuel more diversity in business opportunity. Everyone expects more OT, more IOT, and more IT – and all of it is supposed to be highly reliable and secure. These factors (and more) lead to a landscape shift for the industrial cybersecurity risk profile. In this session, hear ways to recognize the problems and gain some clarity on possible solutions through historic lessons, made up words, and practical front-line experience.
The Path to Confident Compliance and the Transition to NERC CIP Version 5 – A...EnergySec
Presenters: Robert Landavazo, PNM Resources and Katherine Brocklehurst, Tripwire
With countless hours of work to go, PNM was far from ready for its coming audit in just 18 months. Confidence levels in its existing manual, and incomplete security controls, were at an all-time low; and the visibility into control center environments for quantifying its status and progress towards compliance was immeasurable.
With Tripwire, PNM’s preparation of the looming CIPv3 audit noticeably improved. With efficient reporting and automation, PNM’s now positioned to hold itself accountable for CIP auditable compliance of more than 3,500 explicit and supporting control points, satisfying CIP-002-3, CIP-004-3, CIP-005-3, CIP-007-3 and CIP-009-3. In addition, enhanced visibility and better control gave PNM the ability to effectively communicate meaningful and measurable initiatives to executive teams – resulting in increased support for their funding needs.
In this session, PNM – New Mexico’s largest electricity provider – will share a case study on its journey towards achieving continuous NERC CIP compliance despite a highly limited headcount, how it saved countless hours of labor-intensive manual effort, and the essential role that automation played in its success.
ICS Cybersecurity: How to Protect the Proprietary Cyber Assets That Hackers C...EnergySec
Presenter: David Zahn, PAS
Industrial control systems represent the brass ring for hackers who want to disrupt plant operations and negatively impact safety and productivity. The problem for cybersecurity professionals is that plants have highly vulnerable proprietary control systems where configuration data is not visible via standard WMI or SNMP calls. Yet, it is this same configuration data, such as I/O cards, firmware, installed software, and more, that hackers work hard to attain as it aids them in gaining control over industrial systems within plants.
As the saying goes, “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Taking inventory of this hidden configuration data and doing so for all control assets is difficult. Plants as a result fall short of achieving centralized, automated inventory – a cybersecurity best practice and a necessary precursor to effective change management. So how do you address change management when important security data is kept locked within each vendor’s distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, and remote terminal units?
In this session, we’ll explore the types of inventory data that comprise a best practices cyber security plan. Next, we will dive into cost effective, accurate automation opportunities for inventory discovery and maintenance of heterogeneous proprietary and non-proprietary control assets. Finally, we’ll present a case study for implementing best practices for hardening ICS cyber security and automating management of change.
Agenda:
Building and Maintaining an Accurate ICS Inventory
Best Practices in Inventory Automation
Case Study
Where Cyber Security Meets Operational ValueEnergySec
Presenter: Damiano Bolzoni, SecurityMatters
What if cyber attacks were not the most prominent threat to industrial networks and systems? Although malware is still a major point of interest, the sword of Damocles for industrial networks is represented by insider threats such as system misuse performed by disgruntled employees, contractors and vendors, unintentional operator mistakes, as well as network and system misconfiguration and uncontrolled configuration changes; all this could lead to the divergence or failure of critical processes.
In this talk we reshape the concept of ICS security and demonstrate through case studies in different critical infrastructure sectors that the real value of industrial network monitoring goes beyond the detection of cyber attacks, but includes above all the need to maintain awareness about network and process operations, and obtain actionable intelligence that allows to preserve their overall health. We will show how the use of innovative network monitoring approaches can support security, operations, and network managers to:
Gain IT visibility of OT networks and full situational awareness of the network and process
Detect complex and advanced cyber attacks against industrial networks
Mitigate operational mistakes and misconfiguration
Presenter: Chris Sistrunk
Why haven’t we seen more ICS-focused attacks? Perhaps it’s because we’re not looking for them. The current state of security in Industrial Control Systems is a widely publicized issue, but fixes to ICS security issues are long cycle, with some systems and devices that will unfortunately never have patches available.
In this environment, visibility into security threats to ICS is critical, and almost all of ICS monitoring has been focused on compliance, rather than looking for indicators/evidence of compromise. The non-intrusive nature of Network Security Monitoring (NSM) is a perfect fit for ICS. This presentation looks at using NSM as part of an incident response strategy in ICS, various options for implementing NSM, and some of the capabilities that NSM can bring to an ICS cyber security program.
SAP’s Utilities Roadmap Overview, The Evolution of Regulatory Compliance and ...EnergySec
After a brief introduction by Mr. Humphreys, Henry Bailey will talk a few minutes about SAP’s roadmap for utilities. This will be followed by a discussion led by Chris Humphreys about the evolutionary transition from disparate point solutions to enterprise-wide, end-to-end, Regulation Management where controls are consolidated and leveraged such that compliance is a byproduct of industry best practices. Finally, Mr. Rice and Chris Humphreys will end the hour with a presentation expanding on the concept of controls consolidation and compliance as a byproduct focused on NERC CIP Ver 3-5 and NIST transitional capabilities of Regulation Management.
Industry Reliability and Security Standards Working TogetherEnergySec
It’s never too early to start thinking about where the standards are going and where your program should be heading. This presentation will discuss how energy organizations should consider furthering alignment to NIST 800-53 Rev 4; focusing on security maturity opportunities such as threat management; addressing third parties and vendors and developing processes to help satisfy control-based security objectives.
What the Department of Defense and Energy Sector Can Learn from Each OtherEnergySec
This presentation will discuss how the Department of Defense executes its critical infrastructure protection program, where it intersects with energy sector CIP efforts and what we can learn from each other.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
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Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
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Webinar: Designing a schema for a Data WarehouseFederico Razzoli
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Emerson Ovation User Group BOD Meeting
1. National Electric Sector
Cybersecurity Organization
Patrick C Miller, President and CEO
April 14 2011
Emerson Ovation User Group
Board of Directors Meeting
3. Advantage: Adversaries
• Security approaches favor new installations,
legacy environments are still vulnerable
• Very difficult to replace/patch in-service devices
• Isolation has diminishing security value
• Security products vs. buying secure products
• Engineering (N-1) and Security are different
– Nature may be sophisticated, but it isn’t malicious
• Hackers don’t use a compliance checklist
– Following a compliance checklist won’t make you
secure
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4. Advantage: Attackers
• Intelligent, adaptive adversaries exist
• Cyberwar:
– Stuxnet is a game changer, sets the new bar
• Espionage:
– Project, market and customer data
• Organized crime:
– Same old tricks, new platform
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5. Advantage: Adversaries
• Google search for “APT”
– 34 hits in Jul 09
– 169 hits in Jan 10
– 1.4M+ today
• Google search for “cyber war”
– 416 hits Dec 09
– 1.4M hits Feb 10
– 2.7M+ hits today
• Welcome to the cyberarms race
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6. SHODAN, ERIPP, ETC
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7. SHODAN, ERIPP, ETC
Berkeley Cyclotron HMI images
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8. The “Air-Gap” Myth
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10. There’s An App For That
• “Get mobile access to your
control system via an
iPhone, iPad, Android and other
smartphones and tablet devices.
The Ignition Mobile Module
gives you instant access to any
HMI / SCADA project created
with the Ignition Vision Module.”
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11. HMI In The Cloud
“Use any standard browser on any
device to access HMI. No
downloads, no tedious installs, no
plug-ins. Login and you have the
HMI in your hands wherever you
are: factory cafeteria, or parking
lot, or on the beach, or even the
golf course!”
“GoToMyHMI provides Secure, Easy and Fast access
from any Browser to InstantHMI 6.0, ready to serve you
on the cloud today. Remotely Monitor, ACK Alarms and
Control your HMI for one low flat fee.”
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12. Public Domain
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13. Research and Disclosure
46 zero-day SCADA vulnerabilities issued a two-week
span
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14. Research and Disclosure
• October 24, 2010, 12:39PM, Threat Post
– SCADA Vendors Still Need Security Wake Up Call
• http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/scada-vendors-still-need-security-wake-call-102410
– “Please don’t waste my time”
• October 28, 2010: ICSJWG Seattle Meeting
– Invensys, IOActive, ICS-CERT presented on case
study on Wonderware vulnerability
• Disclosure positions are hotly debated
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15. From Obscurity To Novelty
• Smart Meter hacking
• Hacking cookbooks
• Metasploit, Core Impact, etc
• Fuzzers
• Supply chain attacks
• Manuals available in all languages on Internet
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16. Shiny Object
• Shiny object for the mass media
• 60 minutes
• Wall Street Journal, National Journal, CNN
• Too many IT trade publications to name
• Blockbuster films
• Prime time television shows
• Social Media (blogosphere, Twitter)
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17. Economic Drivers
• Recession economy brings unique challenges
• Decreased participation working groups and
conferences
• Static or shrinking headcount; increased
workload
• Downsizing, pay freezes, etc increase insider
threat
• Decreased spending on new equipment
• Older products extended beyond intended
lifespan
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• Security more expensive for customers and
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18. People Problem
• Humans are the weakest link in any security
system
– Passwords for candy; Social engineering
• Humans are also the strongest link
– The Aware Person System (APS)
– ICS culture shift is very slow, but powerful
• Danger: untrained operators of power
tools can cause significant damage
– Increasing complexity = training treadmill
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19. Back In The Good Old
Days
• Pneumatic, electromechanical, analog
• Telephone meant POTS or “bat phone” – no
VoIP
• No Internet
• Less automation
• Less complexity
• Proprietary
• Long life span
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20. ICS Gen-X
• Automation, more complexity
• Internet Protocol (TCP/UDP/etc)
• Data, more data and even more data
• Processing power, memory, bandwidth
• Interconnected business
• Migration from flat to segmented networks
• COTS software and hardware
• Increasingly shorter lifespans
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21. Millennium Systems
• Highly digital, highly complex
• Highly interconnected, highly layered
• Bitflocking, dynamic emergent behavior
• New protocols
• New interdependencies
• Homogenization
• Innovation treadmill; constant lifespan flux
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22. Current Landscape
• Regulatory compliance is stealing the show
• Mixing legacy and bleeding edge tech is difficult
• Logical distance between kinetic endpoint and
HMI is exponentially increasing;
“hyperembeddedness”
• Many vendors are forced to put features ahead
of security due to market conditions
• Researchers and hackers know all of this and
more
• Sufficient motive, means and opportunity exist to
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24. History
• 7/2004: EnergySec founded as E-Sec NW
• 1/2008: SANS Information Sharing Award
• 12/2008: Incorporated as EnergySec
• 10/2009: 501(c)(3) nonprofit determination
• 4/2010: EnergySec applied for National
Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization
(NESCO) FOA
• 7/2010: NESCO grant award from DOE
• 10/2010: NESCO became operational
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25. What Is The NESCO?
• Mission: Lead a broad-based, public-private
partnership to improve electric sector energy
systems cyber security; become the security voice
of the electric industry
• Goals:
– Identify and disseminate common, effective cyber security
practices
– Analyze, monitor and relay infrastructure threat information
– Focus cybersecurity research and development priorities
– Work with federal agencies to improve electric sector cyber
security
– Encourage key electric sector supplier and vendor support
/ interaction
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26. Participant Statistics
651 members from 167 organizations
US Nameplate Generation US Residential Distribution
74% 60%
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27. Holy Grail: Info Sharing
• Many asset owners are already sharing
• Challenges:
– Increase and improve asset-owner sharing
– Establish two-way sharing from the government
and vendor segments
– Connect/harmonize all of the existing
cybersecurity efforts and minimize duplication
– Turn the tide of negative perception on industry
security posture
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28. Connect and Support
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29. Public-Private Perceptions
• Government moves too slowly, over-classifies
and narrowly distributes
• Industry can’t protect the shared information and
doesn’t respond appropriately
• Lack of parity in degree and quality of
information shared in both directions
• Differing goals and motivation between
Government and Industry
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30. How Does This Work?
• Sharing requires trust
• Trust is built on relationships
• NESCO fosters trustworthy
relationships
– Bringing people together
– Flexible technology options to extend
and enhance relationships
– Organic growth; birds of a feather
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31. NESCO Outreach
• NESCO outreach programs
– Annual Summit (October 2011, San Diego)
– Town Hall Meetings (April 27, Austin)
– Voice Of The Industry Meetings (everywhere)
– Interest Groups (Workforce Development, Forensics,
etc)
– Webinars, Briefings
– Portal/Forums
– Email distribution lists
– Social media
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32. NESCO Technology
• Email distribution lists
• Secure portal with forums
• Secure instant messaging
• Rapid notification mechanisms
• Web collaboration
• Resource repository*
• Most technologies have non-
attribution (anonymous)
options
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33. Resource Repository
• Code snippets
• IDS/attack signatures
• Audit templates
• Reference architectures
• System configurations
• Policy, process, procedure templates
• Compliance practices
• And more…
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34. Industry Collaboration
• What works, what doesn’t
• Informal benchmarking
• Situational (tactical) awareness
• Threat and vulnerability analysis
• Shared/crowd-sourced resources (repository)
• Mentoring
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35. Case Study: Tactical Aid
• “Over the weekend between 13:00 - 15:00 and
19:00 - 20:00 PST we saw significant port
scanning of our edge, originating from;
60.29.244.11…”
– Great discussion of port scanning threats
– Many follow up posts with yes/no indicators
– Dumps of all activity from source address
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36. Case Study: Night Dragon
• 2.9.11:1400 - McAfee reached out to NESCO with
pre-release draft of Night Dragon white paper
• 2.9.11:1747 - NESCO staff completed
analysis, summarized paper and posted to secure
portal
• 2.10.11:0800 - NESCO & McAfee held joint
technical call with over 60 attendees across NA
– Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee's VP Threat Research
– Technical talk, answered questions from members
• 2.10.11:1200 - McAfee executive public call
• NESCO utilities were reviewing the report over six
hours prior to public release
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37. Case Study: DOE Request
• DOE was interested in getting informal "boots on
the ground” feedback quickly
– Question: Does an FBI report about a terrorist
targeting various critical assets help strengthen the
case for your organization to further improve physical
or cyber security? Does it help the business case?
• NESCO was able to collect responses without
attribution and submit a response to DOE in a
matter of a few days
• DOE stated that this rapid method for informal
questions and answers is very valuable to them
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38. Case Study: Compliance
• Much initial confusion and uncertainty around
Regional compliance audits…
– What is the auditor disposition?
– What was the depth and breadth of questions?
– What did they cover?
– What failed and what succeeded?
• Conference calls with entities willing to share
• Real stories of audits were shared
• Real documentation was shared
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39. NESCO Summary
• Unique non-profit, independent, public-private
information sharing organization
• Focused on building trust through relationships
• Security collaboration, facilitation and sharing
hub
• Flexible technology facilitates and catalyzes
information and resource sharing efforts
• Security voice of the electric sector
• Supports existing successful programs
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40. Questions?
Non-profit. Independent. Trusted.
Patrick C Miller, President and CEO
patrick@energysec.org
503-446-1212
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