Events
ABB Automation & Power World 2010
May 2010
Presentation: WCS-186-1 Tricks for making remote access to SCADA systems both easy and secure
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Session 11: 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Booth 48, (MTL Instruments / Byres Security Inc. )
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG)
February 2010
ICSJWG Spring Conference
Eric Byres will be speaking on the topic:
"Fingers Burned and Lessons Learned: Securing Modbus TCP and OPC with Deep Packet Inspection Technologies".
April 6-8, 2010 (San Antonio, TX)
Day 2 (April 7th), at 1:15 pm
Session Description
Firewalls with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) capabilities are now mainstream for IT protocols like HTTP, but achieving the same for SCADA protocols has been painful.
Unfortunately SCADA needs DPI technology even more than IT does. SCADA traffic over TCP/IP can blocked by any firewall, but fine-grained control has been impossible. Since most SCADA protocols have few authentication features built in, any computer that can read a register from a PLC can also write to it or even reprogram it. Even passwords are of little use, as most are transmitted in plaintext.
Focusing on two popular SCADA protocols, Modbus TCP and OPC/DA, this talk looks at the lessons learned, including why DPI is needed, how the technology has evolved, what is available today and the challenges going forward. We look at early efforts in SCADA DPI, such as the opensource “ModbusFW” project, the technical issues in creating a SCADA DPI firewall that is useable and the solutions we see emerging.
The ICSJWG Spring Conference will provide control systems stakeholders from industry, government, academia, international, vendor, and research and development communities with an opportunity to network and engage in discussions related to securing control systems.
ARC's Fourteenth Annual Orlando Forum
February 2010
ARC World Industry Forum: Where Industry Leaders Meet to Solve Their Most Challenging Issues
Rethinking Cyber Security:
Resilient Control Systems for Securing Our Infrastructure
February 8-11, 2010 (Orlando, Florida)
Eric Byres will be speaking on the topic:
"Rethinking Cyber Security for Operations".
Day 2 (Feb 9), at 2:00 pm, Track 4
Session Description
The ARC World Industry Forum event focuses on cyber security for control systems and current infrastructure.
SPS / IPC / Drives Electric Automation Exhibitions and Conference
November 2009
SPS / IPC / Drives Electric Automation
Exhibitions and Conference
November 24-26, 2009 (Nuremburg, Germany)
Belden's Hirschmann Automation division will officially be launching the Eagle 20 Tofino line of industrial network security products, based on the Tofino Industrial Security Solution, at this event.
RCMP Control Systems Operators and IT Cyber Workshop
October 2009
Protecting Canada's Critical Infrastructure
October 14-15, 2009 (Regina, Canada)
Eric Byres, CTO of Byres Security and the chief architect of the Tofino Industrial Security Solution, will be facilitating workshops for Canada's largest critical infrastructure stakeholders at the request of the RCMP. This conference will focus on shared security strategies for control systems engineers and IT.
Read more about the RCMP's work on Technological Crime
Download Workshop Poster
ISA Expo
October 2009
ISA Honors & Awards Gala
October 5, 2009 (Houston, USA)
The International Society of Automation (ISA) recently announced that they have awarded Byres Security Chief Technology Officer Eric Byres the rare honour of ISA Fellow. Elevation to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow is granted to acknowledge outstanding achievements in scientific or engineering fields as recognized by ISA peers. Eric Byres’ achievement will be recognized at the annual ISA Awards Gala on October 5th, 2009 in Houston, USA.
Read more about Eric Byres' becoming an ISA Fellow
Read more about the ISA Honors and Awards Gala
Forrester Security Forum
September 2009
Navigating the New Security Risk and Reality
September 10-11, 2009 (San Diego, USA)
Come visit Byres Security and Juniper Networks in the Trusted Computing Group Booth (#104) as they demonstrate how the Tofino Security Appliance and Juniper IF-MAP server offer advanced security for SCADA and legacy control system networks. Booth participants will also include Great Bay Software, Lumeta, and Wave Systems.
