IET Cyber Security: SCADA Systems Conference
With Christmas just around the corner, PragmaticDefence and De Montfort University delivered an exciting gift to SCADA industry experts at the IET Cyber Security: SCADA Systems Conference in London on the 2nd December 2011 (http://conferences.theiet.org/scada/index.cfm). The event brought together industry experts for one day to examine threats and vulnerabilities to SCADA, smart grid and real-time systems while also considering steps to secure these control systems.
Ian Murphy, Founder and Director of PragmaticDefence, kicked off the sold out event with an entertaining overview of Cyber Security Situational Awareness. This was followed by Andrew Nicholson, from PragmaticDefence, and Gareth Lapworth from De Montfort University, who demonstrated the possibilities of a Cyber Range combined with a CyberSSA platform, Pharos.
Gareth demonstrated how a fully fledged Cyber Range environment could be configured in a couple of presses, using a touchscreen Android tablet application. Gareth then described how the Cyber Range environment is used for training, education and research in both academia and industry.
Andrew then demonstrated a scenario in which Pharos monitored the virtual network in the Cyber Range. The scenario showed how CyberSSA can be used to monitor potential Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity in industrial network segments. Three Status Screens were configured for three common APT attack vectors: i) Removable USB Media, ii) Spearphishing and iii) Drive-by Download. The demonstration showed how both analysts and CISOs in an industrial context can monitor their network for signs of foul play.
To find out more about Pharos and how it can be used in your large organisation, SCADA industry networks and more, please contact info@pragmaticdefence.com.