What SANS Alumni Say about SANS ICS Security

Meet Oren Niskin, an ICS/OT Cybersecurity Consultant for Ernst & Young, who has taken multiple courses of SANS ICS Security training. He shares how he used these courses to gain practical skills and advance his career in ICS/OT cybersecurity.

SANS ICS HyperEncabulator

You know all about the Retroencabulator, now say hello to the HyperEncabulator! At SANS ICS Security, when we’re not innovating… we’re encabulating! Check out the whole new level of encabulation in this video. Remember folks, with the HyperEncabulator, side fumbling is still effectively prevented.

SANS Security Awareness

The SANS Industrial Control System Security Faculty has designed the most comprehensive ICS training and resources to help you understand, assess, and strengthen critical infrastructures. Our NERC CIP Cyber Security training and Security Awareness instruction will arm you with the skills you need to protect, operate, and support Industrial Control Systems to the highest standards.

SANS ICS Security Summit & Training 2025

Day 0: June 15 | Summit: June 16-17 | Courses: June 18-23 Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL or Live Online The 20th Annual SANS ICS Security Summit will bring together the industry's top practitioners and leading experts from around the globe to share actionable ideas, methods, and techniques for safeguarding critical infrastructure. In-depth talks and interactive sessions will deliver proven advances and approaches that make a real difference for the individuals engaged in this fight every day.

Meet Our Instructors

The exceptionally qualified people who author and teach SANS courses, and contribute to the GIAC Certification exams aligned with those courses, are the leaders in the field. Meet some of our instructors.
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SANS.edu Graduate Certificate in ICS

Designed for working InfoSec and IT professionals, the graduate certificate in Industrial Control Systems Security is a highly technical, hands-on 12-credit-hour program focused on teaching the applied technologies used to defend and secure industrial control systems, operations technology, and cyber-physical systems.

Mission to Defend Critical Infrastructure

The world depends on critical infrastructure. Join us in this mission to protect the people and places that rely on industrial systems. Together, let's defend what makes, moves, and powers the world.

About Industrial Control Systems Security

ICS cyber security is focused on protecting industrial systems and operational technology (OT) against accidental or intentional risks. The SANS ICS Security Curricula provides training courses focused on assessing and defending ICS/OT environments. The SANS Institute offers introductory to advanced hands-on cyber security training to OT and IT cybersecurity professionals and control system engineers by equipping them with the skills needed to safeguard critical infrastructure. 

Join us in the mission to defend what makes, moves, and powers the world.  

Why is the ICS Security Mission Important?

  • Critical infrastructure is more interconnected and interdependent than ever throughout the world, allowing operational technology and control systems to be operated efficiently, yet potentially opening them up to adversaries and becoming targets of cyber-attack. 
  • The convergence of IT and OT systems has led to a growing number of cyber incidents impacting industrial control systems and critical infrastructure.
  • Industrial systems run the world, and the need for security professionals to defend them is critical. SANS ICS Security courses prepare cybersecurity professionals and control system engineers to be equipped with the necessary tools, knowledge, and capabilities to protect these systems and critical environments through hands-on learning and instruction from expert practitioners in the field.
  • Critical infrastructure needs to be protected for the sake of operations, national security, and most importantly, the safety of human life.