ICS Practitioners Security

Course Code: ICS203

5 Day Course  |  12 CPEs  |  £4249 + VAT

The Securing ICS: Becoming an Industrial Cyber Security Professional course has been designed to provide those at IT/OT operator or equivalent level with an enhanced understanding of today’s cyber security challenges facing their ICS environments. This knowledge is vital when managing the day to day running of all aspects of security risk for those environments.

This course will show students how to combine the disciplines of IT, Operational Technology (OT), Physical Security or Facilities Management to best support their organisations’ cyber security and risk reduction strategies for their ICS environments across multiple industry sectors. In addition, it will provide students with the knowledge level required to challenge the GICSP® certification.

Who Should Attend

Anyone working to secure an ICS environment. Non-ICS staff who need to understand ICS terminology and how it differs from their current roles.
If you are a professional working in an ICS environment including:

  • Site/Asset Operators
  • Procurement/Contract staff
  • Supply chain staff
  • Site/Asset IT Support engineers
  • Site/Asset Physical Security/Facilities Manager staff
  • Integration/third party professionals

CyBOK Knowledge Areas

This course aligns to the following Knowledge Areas:

  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Distributed Systems Security
  • Risk Management and Governance
  • Security Operations and Incident Management

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course and a configured laptop is required (configuration instructions are provided). However, all attendees need a good understanding of either basic IT or OT skills. In addition, a course handbook is provided that can be used for the exam (which is an open-book exam).

Hardware

Please note that attendees will be asked to download certain software for the purposes of training and should not bring a regular corporate build laptop for this course.

When installing software for this course, there is always a chance of damaging or interfering with something else on the system. Students should assume that all data could be lost.

What training should follow on from this?

This course can be used as the foundation for further study in preparation for the GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) certification.

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