BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20121104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120516T192926Z UID:D7B118C0-B838-102F-97F7-0050568D3657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20120517T193000 DESCRIPTION:May 17th Presentation on Power Grid Security: How do we keep th e lights on when everyone has access to the switch? The North American ene rgy infrastructure comprised of electricity\, natural gas\, coal and oil u tilities fuels the economy of the 21st century. Without a consistent\, rel iable and resilient energy supply the health and welfare of the population and economies of North America are threatened. More than 90 percent of No rth America's energy infrastructure is owned by the private sector. The en ergy infrastructure is highly automated and controlled by utilities using complex energy management systems. These systems fall under the broad term of Industrial Control Systems (ICS)\, which include Supervisory Control a nd Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that are used to keep the energy infra structure up and running. Newly implemented low-cost Internet Protocol (IP ) and wireless devices increase the possibility of cyber security vulnerab ilities and incidents. ICS are adopting IT solutions to promote corporate business systems connectivity and remote access capabilities. ICS are bein g designed and implemented using IT industry standard computers\, operatin g systems (OS)\, applications and network protocols. Multiple threat eleme nts are combining to significantly increase the ICS threat landscape. Hack tivists\, script kiddies and bad actors as well as nation states are acqui ring and using specialized search engines to identify Internet facing cont rol systems\, taking advantage of the growing arsenal of exploitation tool s such as Metasploit® modules developed specifically for control system s. How do we keep the lights on when everyone has access to the switch? Th is presentation will give a general overview of SCADA and ICS\, threat vec tors\, possible consequences\, threat scenarios and actions energy infrast ructure asset owners can take to protect themselves and their customers. H as the grid ever been compromised by cyber threats in the past? The attend ees are challenged to answer this question prior to the presentation. Bonu s points will be given for the correct answer. Attendance to the meeting i s FREE to IEEE members as well as non-members. Pizza and sodas will be ava ilable: Free to IEEE members\; $5 for non-members. The location is Agilent Technologies\, 1900 Garden of the Gods\, Lobby "C".\n\nCo-sponsored by: L ocal Chapter of the Power and Energy Society\n\nSpeaker(s): Wally Magda\, \, Wally Magda\, \n\nBldg: Agilent Technologies\, Lobby "C" Entrance\, 190 0 Garden of the Gods\, Colorado Springs\, Colorado\, United States\, 80907 LOCATION:Bldg: Agilent Technologies\, Lobby "C" Entrance\, 1900 Garden of t he Gods\, Colorado Springs\, Colorado\, United States\, 80907 ORGANIZER:russbogardus@comcast.net SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:How do we keep the lights on when everyone has access to the switch ? URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/11259 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br />May 17th Presentation on Power Grid Security: How do we keep the lights on when everyone has access to the switch?\n\nT he North American energy infrastructure comprised of electricity\, natural gas\, coal and oil utilities fuels the economy of the 21st century. Witho ut a consistent\, reliable and resilient energy supply the health and welf are of the population and economies of North America are threatened. More than 90 percent of North America's energy infrastructure is owned by the p rivate sector. The energy infrastructure is highly automated and controlle d by utilities using complex energy management systems. These systems fall under the broad term of Industrial Control Systems (ICS)\, which include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that are used to keep the energy infrastructure up and running. Newly implemented low-cost Internet Protocol (IP) and wireless devices increase the possibility of cy ber security vulnerabilities and incidents. ICS are adopting IT solutions to promote corporate business systems connectivity and remote access capab ilities. ICS are being designed and implemented using IT industry standard computers\, operating systems (OS)\, applications and network protocols. Multiple threat elements are combining to significantly increase the ICS t hreat landscape. Hacktivists\, script kiddies and bad actors as well as na tion states are acquiring and using specialized search engines to identify Internet facing control systems\, taking advantage of the growing arsenal of exploitation tools such as Metasploit® modules developed specifical ly for control systems. How do we keep the lights on when everyone has acc ess to the switch? This presentation will give a general overview of SCADA and ICS\, threat vectors\, possible consequences\, threat scenarios and a ctions energy infrastructure asset owners can take to protect themselves a nd their customers. \n\nHas the grid ever been compromised by cyber threat s in the past? The attendees are challenged to answer this question prior to the presentation. Bonus points will be given for the correct answer.\n\ nAttendance to the meeting is FREE to IEEE members as well as non-members. Pizza and sodas will be available: Free to IEEE members\; $5 for non-mem bers. The location is Agilent Technologies\, 1900 Garden of the Gods\, Lob by "C". END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR