DAN GEER INTERVIEW AT S4x18

DAN GEER INTERVIEW AT S4x18

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Geer on the S4x18 Main Stage for 30 minutes. He typically speaks from prepared papers, so an interview is a bit unique, and his papers provided plenty of topics and questions....
TRITON TAKEAWAYS

TRITON TAKEAWAYS

Here are the three important things to take from this incident.

1) Schneider Electric set the new standard for ICS vendor response when a vendor’s system is attacked.
It’s hard not to compare Siemens’ response to Stuxnet with Schneider’s response to Triton. Siemens was pure denial and marketing spin; and not just in the early weeks, but literally for years. Stuxnet occurred over 7 years ago, and Siemens would likely do much better responding in 2018.

2018 PLANS: PODCAST, S4, CONSULTING & YOUR CAREER

Dale Peterson talks about the 2018 plans for this podcast, S4 and his consulting in this shorter 13-minute episode. He also talks about Digital Bond alumni spread throughout the industry and how this is likely the best time in ICS security for career opportunities and...

The ICS Security Stories We Tell And Love

We, the ICS community, have some mantras: It will take decades to fix the ICS security problemOperations Technology (OT) is different than Information Technology (IT)You can’t do X, Y or Z in ICS because … which is followed by a variety of reasons such as...

Unsolicited Response Podcast with Rob Lee

Rob Lee Dale Peterson interviews Rob Lee, founder and CEO of Dragos – SANS 515 Creator – former SCADA Diva – Chief FUD Debunker – …, focusing on how an asset owner should select an advanced IDS detection solution from...
Unsolicited Response Podcast with Joel Langill

Unsolicited Response Podcast with Joel Langill

Joel Langill, aka the SCADAHacker, joined me on the Unsolicited Response podcast to discuss ICSsec training and workforce development. Joel is the Director of ICS Cybersecurity at AECOM, see http://www.aecom.com/solutions/converged-resilience/. He also runs...

Insanely Crowded ICS Anomaly Detection Market

Goal: Help Owner/Operators select the best anomaly detection solution for their ICS. It sounds simple, but after getting numerous demos and pitches from vendors, the almost unanimous contention from each vendor was that their solution was the best. Why? Because they...

Evaluating ICS Anomaly Detection Solutions

It’s not getting better, and the number of vendors offering ICS anomaly detection solutions continues to grow in numbers and angel/venture funding. How is an asset owner to determine what anomaly detection approach, if any, is right for them? The first decision points...