We have been hopeful this information would be released on the S4x16 Main Stage, and now we can confirm that Sean McBride of iSight Partners will be presenting their GridStrike research. Inspired by the FERC study showing a major power outage if nine key US...
See Agenda and Register for S4x16 Jan 12-14 in Miami South Beach Tickets 201 – 300 now on sale for $1,395 We have firmed up the last three speaking slots for Stage 2: Technical Deep Dives at S4x16. These are sessions and speakers we have been chasing, waiting...
Register for S4x16, Jan 12-14 in Miami Beach Tickets 151-200 Now on Sale for $1,295 The Jackie Gleason Theater allows us to have three stages running simultaneous performances. As we discussed in earlier posts, the Main Stage has the big names, entertaining...
Register Now For S4x16 Tickets 151-200 Now On Sale for $1,295 I’ve been highlighting the big name speakers and entertaining performances planned for the Main Stage at S4x16 because this is new and exciting. But we have not forgotten what S4 has been about since...
SANS ICS 410 course and corresponding GICSP certification have significantly expanded the ICS security training market and taken a sizable market share. Some of the growth is related to increased awareness and interest in the field, and a large part of the growth is...
Alexander Polyakov and Mathieu Geli of ERPScan presented some interesting research on vulnerabilities in ERP application software that could be used to attack ICS last week at BlackHat Europe in Amsterdam. In particular, the researchers have discovered vulnerabilities...
Immediately after the last speaker at S4x16, at 4:30 on Thursday Jan 14th, we will be having a craft beer bash at the Jackie Gleason Theater where S4x16 is held. More details to come on what brewers are being included, but I know many of you are making airplane...
Idea: Set of wireless sentinels to identify and locate jamming attempts in or around a plant site. The big two industrial wireless protocols are WirelessHART and ISA100.11A. Unlike most ICS protocols they are not insecure by design. They have encryption and...
S4 Web Page: https://s4xevents.com/ 1. It has the most detailed technical content and bleeding edge offensive and defensive security presentations. Watch the videos or ask around if you need confirmation. Since 2007, S4 is where the best researchers around the world...
Corey Thuen lead a recent Labs research project focused on Serial-to-Ethernet gateways. Traditionally, remote field sites were connected to wide ICS and SCADA networks via serial connections. Leased serial lines are increasingly harder to come by, as telcos...
