Weiss says, "ICS cyber incidents continue to occur and we continue to learn. Consequently, Applied Control Solutions (ACS) will host the11thICSCyber Security Conferencein the Washington DC area September 20-22, 2011. The Conference is an international information sharing conference explicitly focused on securingICSs. There have already been more than 200ICScyber incidents including major electric outages, shutdowns of nuclear power plants, Smart Grid incidents, water system failures, pipeline failures, and transportation accidents. Current IT security policies and practices would not have prevented many of the cases and in some cases, the incidents were actually caused by inappropriate IT policies, technologies, or testing. Last year, theACSConference held the first technical discussions of Stuxnet."
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Sample topics to be discussed include:
- ICScyber impacts on San Bruno natural gas pipeline rupture that killed eight
- McAfee and Ponemon Institute reports on cyber security and lack ofICSinput
- Network issues and how they have affected actualICScyber incidents
- Panel session on criminal investigations ofICScyber incidents
- Hacking non-Windows field controllers including results and disclosure issues
- Joint US/Israeli program to secureRTUs
- DODdiscussion on cyberwar
- ICStrends identified fromSCADASec
- Technical results from analyzing Stuxnet impact onPLCs
- ICSrisk – what does that really mean to nuclear and other facilities
- Demonstrations of hacking industrial controllers
- Others being finalized
