Course Overview
The NCSC Assured Training course ICS Managers Security course, which is also CIISec Accredited training, has been designed to provide those at Managerial or equivalent level with an understanding of today’s cyber security challenges facing their ICS environments. This knowledge is vital when managing and leading the day to day running of all aspects of security risk for these environments. The course will show students how to best identify and support their organisation’s cyber security and risk mitigation/reduction strategies for the ICS environments, whether they are currently ‘in role’ or moving into the role, either through promotion or lateral movement within the business.
Siker have worked in partnership with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) as well as leading Critical National Infrastructure companies to produce this short course.
Who Should Attend
- Managers responsible or accountable for any aspect of an ICS environment including:
- Business Technical/Engineering Lead
- Procurement Lead
- ICS Policy/Decision Maker
- Site/Asset Single point of Accountability (SPA)
- Site/Asset IT Manager
- Site/Asset Physical Security/Facilities Manager Lead
Learning Objectives
- By the end of the course you will be familiar with:
- Identifying the current and emerging threats to your ICS environments
- Where your ICS environments may be vulnerable
- What actions you need to take to secure those environments and help reduce the risk
- How to prepare for and manage a cyber security incident
- The importance of Security Awareness and Training
Course Content
- Session 1: Background
- An exploration of ICS terminology and a description of the elements involved
- What are the differences and similarities between IT and OT?
- What does your ICS Attack Surface look like?
- An introduction to ICS Security risk
- A discussion of ICS Security incidents
- Session 2: Securing ICS
- Planning to reduce the security risk to your ICS environments
- Operational Security
- Vendor and Supply Chain risk
- How to build security into the procurement process
- An introduction to ICS cyber incident response
Course Details
- Course Author has 30+ years of engineering experience designing Industrial Control Systems for industrial plant experience.
- There are no pre-requisites for this course.
- No equipment is required for this course.
- A handbook will be provided for each student.
- On completion a certificate is provided.
- Attendees can earn 7 CPEs.
- This course addresses the following CyBOK Knowledge Areas: Adversarial Behaviors, Risk Management and Governance, Security Operations and Incident Management.
