Workshop: 4th March, join us the day before the summit for our free ICS Cybersecurity Foundations Workshop (limited spaces)
Summit: 5th March | Summit CPEs: TBC
Summit Chair: Tim Conway | Modality: In-Person Only
Learn, share and engage with SANS experts and fellow ICS/OT leaders
SANS ICS UK Summit 2024 will take place on Tuesday 5th March in London. The summit is set to deliver relevant cyber security knowledge and skills through panel discussions and presentations while bringing together the industry’s top practitioners and leading experts from across the UK. The summit will be available to attend in-person only where you can expect to hear from and network with prominent experts and leaders in the ICS/OT industry.
Why attend the SANS ICS UK Summit 2024?
- A Full Day of Highly Technical Talks and Panel Discussions - Hear from some of the industry's top ICS practitioners sharing their latest research, tools, case studies and ideas.
- Social Networking – Throughout the summit we encourage attendees to discuss ideas and experiences with one another and take this unique opportunity to build new connections.
- On-Demand Summit Content - access approved presentations after the summit to view at your leisure
- Exclusive Access to NEW ICS Cybersecurity Foundations Workshop - Our complimentary full-day workshop with be available for summit attendees only, on a first-come first-served basis.
Pricing: €400 plus VAT (free for anyone taking a SANS ICS course in the UK in 2024)
ICS Cybersecurity Foundations Workshop
The day prior to the summit, on Monday 4th March, SANS will also be hosting an exclusive FREE full-day session, ‘ICS Cybersecurity Foundations Workshop’, for summit attendees only. This new workshop will be run by Tim Conway and other renowned ICS/OT security leaders and space are very limited. There will be 50 seats available on a first-come, first-served basis to in-person summit registrants only.
What can you expect from the workshop?
This session serves the purpose of introducing people into the field of industrial control systems (ICS) / operational technology (OT) and the cybersecurity considerations unique to securing these environments. ICS/OT make up the critical part of critical infrastructure and deal with all of the networking and computing equipment responsible for making the physical process work in modern day industrial automation environments. These environments range from electric, water, and gas utilities and infrastructure to oil and gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, data centres and even airports. ICS/OT is essentially all the things that exist in IT + unique systems + physics. It's an exciting and rapidly growing field.
In the first section of material, students will learn key terminology and fundamentals of industrial environments such as PLCs, DCS, SCADA, EWS, and HMIs, key industrial network protocols, and how ICS/OT and the physical process work together. In the second section, students will learn the ICS/OT Five Critical Controls and how to apply them to efficiently and effectively enhance the industrial cybersecurity of any modern industrial automation environment. The workshop is designed as an entry level session suitable for all personnel of any background.
Pricing: Free for anyone attending the in-person ICS UK Summit only (first-come, first-served, max 50 spaces)
