March 19, 2013 at 6:30 PM

ISSA National Capital Chapter March meeting topic:

SCADA Cyber Security for the Smart Grid

By Dewan Chowdhury

Abstract:

Our society is evermore dependent on the use electricity for its self-preservation, economic development, and future growth; but few truly appreciate how this energy is being delivered to your home or office. Power companies through out the world are upgrading their power infrastructure to utilize technological advances that Tesla and Edison would only dream of.  The upgrade to the power grid is allowing power companies to collect analytics they never could before, and help transform their power grid to a “smart grid”.  The move to the smart grid is ever dependent on the use of computing devices that help monitor and control power to ensure reliable electricity to the consumer.  The introduction to more computing devices to the smart grid network also introduces new cyber threats that can affect the availability and integrity of power.  If successful the cyber threats against the smart grid can have dire consequences to our society.  It’s much easier and cost effective for an adversary to attack critical infrastructure using cyber weapons to cause disruption to our energy supplies.  This presentation will educate how the power grid/smart grid works, the fundamentals of power delivery, cyber threats against the power grid/smart grid.

About the speaker

Dewan is a recognized cyber security expert for critical infrastructure/SCADA Systems, and has over 15 years of experience in the industry. Dewan has diverse experience in cyber security support from managing security operation centers for some of the largest organizations in the world, malware reverse engineering, cyber counterintelligence, advanced persistent threat.  Dewan currently specializes in targeted threats from nation state and industrial espionage targeted toward industrial control systems. Dewan continues to provide incident response/handling for Industrial Control Systems/SCADA (gas, oil, power utilities). Federal agencies (DOD, DHS, etc.) utilize his cyber security expertise on SCADA systems to help understand threat landscape and measures to protect critical infrastructure.

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Non-members are welcome without charge! Light refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:30 PM

Government Printing Office
Room A138
732 N. Capitol St.
Washington, DC, 20401

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