Prioritizing OT Security Efforts: The Five Tactical Things to Accomplish | SANS@MIC Talk

Small to Medium size businesses with OT environments are realizing they need a plan to protect their process networks. SANS recommends considering using the NIST Cyber Security Framework to outline and implement a security program designed to the OT network's requirements. But what do the process engineers, programmers, field technicians, programmers, and IT staff do in the meantime?

This talk will cover the five tactical things an OT/IT team can do while leadership defines the direction of a security program for the OT environment. It will discuss quick wins that can be accomplished with equipment typically already deployed. These steps will also provide the leadership team with valuable information that will help prioritize future efforts and quickly improve vendor / integrator / MSP requirements for near-term greenfield and upcoming brownfield maintenance projects.

Speaker Bio

Don C. Weber has devoted himself to the field of information security since 2002. He has extensive experience in security management, physical and information technology penetration testing, web assessments, wireless assessments, architecture review, incident response and digital forensics, product research, code review, and security tool development. He is currently focusing on assisting organizations secure their business and Industrial Control System environments through program reviews, security assessments, penetration testing, and training.

Don's past experiences encompass a wide variety of responsibilities. Senior manager of the incident response team and acting Director of the vulnerability / risk management program for a large media organization. Senior security consultant for a boutique security consultancy where he focused on penetration testing, hardware analysis, and wireless research of ICS technologies used in the energy sector. Senior consultant for an emergency response team providing incident response and forensic services to large, international corporations.