DEVELOP BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES TO CERTIFY THE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION ASSETS

The Energy & Utility Cyber Security Summit is now closed.

The 2011 Energy & Utility Cyber Security Summit brought together the top senior decision makers from the Cyber Security and Energy / Utility industries including 30+ utility representatives. The conference delegates enjoyed two days of outstanding networking and information sharing taking away the latest updates, case studies and industry developments to aid future planning.

Highlights included:

• Being ahead of Stuxnet II panel Session led by Annemarie Zielstra, Director, EuroSCSIE / CPNI.NL, Prof. Dr. Sandro Etalle, Project Lead, Hermes-Castor-Midas project, Mark du Plessis, Lead Security Specialist, Royal Dutch Shell; Leo de Waal, Head Section, Production, Brabant Water; Marcel Jutte, Director, Egemin Automation; Bart de Wijs, Head of Cyber Security, ABB; Ronald Prins, Founder and Partner, Fox-IT
• Certifying Vendor Security and Utility Operations by Tyler Williams, President, WurldTECH and WIB members
• Alliander’s work in Uniting Process and IT Security by Martijn Ronteltap, IT Security Manager, Alliander

Don't worry if you missed out on this ground breaking event. You can access all the conference presentations and audio files by registering for the post conference materials here

A focused AGENDA for 2011covering the issues and challenges at the heart of ensuring long term and economic security of your control system and information assets:

• An in-depth look at the latest National, European and International policies and initiatives giving you the competitive edge
• Learn best practice strategies to verify vendor solutions through system certification guaranteeing secure deployment
• Develop strategies to overlay new technology onto real-time and legacy systems ensuring the security of your assets
• Discover best practice techniques to protect your critical operational and information assets maximise your productivity
• Build effective strategies to mitigate the risk increasing resilience, improving response time and enhancing overall system robustness
• Understand the potential threat and learn how to enhance awareness through education generating confidence in the security of your system

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Between 2010 and 2015 cumulative investment in the cyber security sector of the utility industry will top €15bn. Added to this global expenditure on oil and gas infrastructure security in 2011 is set to reach €19bn.

Attend the inaugural Cyber Security for Energy Supply Summit to meet major utility and asset owners, key government agencies and specialist solution providers from across Europe. This is set to be the premier cyber security event.

5 REASONS TO ATTEND

Designed to improve your experience on site and maximize your investment in the summit

1. 120+ senior level industry leaders attending for you to meet and network with
2. Exclusive case studies from major utility and energy companies
3. Hosting CSIRS workshop bringing key SMEs together
4. Hand picked speakers presenting proven real world solutions and the latest case studies
5. Expert insight into the latest National, European and International initiatives

Reserve your place today, to ensure your place amongst industry leaders

The stress and pressure on the Energy and Utilities industry both to implement Smart Technologies but to also respond to Cyber Security threats have never been stronger. David Spinks, Chairman, CSIRs

WHY THIS CONFERENCE IS SO CRUCIAL NOW: A LETTER FROM THE CONFERENCE DIRECTOR

In the past few years there have been land mark changes to the Energy and Utility industries; from the increased connectivity for control systems, the roll out of ‘smart’ technology, to the game changing power of Stuxnet and Night Dragon. All this has led to increased attention at national and European levels to ensure the security of critical information infrastructure.

The ubiquitous roll out of intelligent devices across the energy sector demonstrates the magnitude of investment opportunities but also the security challenges that lie ahead. Between 2010 and 2015 cumulative investment in the security sector of the utility industry will top €15bn with annual revenue in excess of €2.6bn. Added to this global expenditure on oil and gas infrastructure security in 2011 is set to reach €19bn.

The SCADA market is expected to reach €4.2bn revenue by 2016, with security being the major challenge within this sector it is vital both for the reliability of these systems and but also for economic growth to invest and develop cyber security solutions in tandem with these developments. Cyber security solutions will account for a major percentage of this total. Security measures are vital to protect our critical infrastructure from intentional and unintentional attacks and strengthen resiliency. With plans to modernize Europe’s energy infrastructure to enhance connectivity and efficiency being at €10trillion the time to invest in the European energy and security industry has never been better.

The reality of an attack was brought to shocking realization with Stuxnet last year. This has brought the issue of security to the forefront of the industry highlighting that cyber security is a matter of safety and reliability. The World Economic Forum estimates the cost of the breakdown of one critical infrastructure asset to be €175bn the stakes could not be higher. With energy being THE critical infrastructure it is essential that every effort to ensure the security of these systems is made.

Last year cyber-attacks cost the UK in excess of €30bn. With the ‘Night Dragon’ attacks targeting the energy industry, it seems likely that this cost will escalate year on year unless clear action is taken. The issue of cyber security and critical infrastructure protection is rapidly rising to the top of the agenda in many national governments, there are set to be a lot of changes in this area of the next 2 years which will be vital to keep aware of.

No one wants to be the weak link in critical infrastructure but maintaining security in a rapidly evolving industry is costly, time consuming and technically challenging. In order to overcome these issues it is essential that the public and private sector work together to build clear strategies based on best practice and forward planning. In order to successfully do this is necessary to tackle the following challenges:

The Energy and Utility Cyber Security Summit will supply your business with the critical intelligence and the tools you need to build a cost effective, time efficient cyber security strategy. Delivered by the best in the industry – you’ll be able to take away key lessons and tried and tested action plans that you can implement to mitigate risk; saving you millions of Euros in security and reliability.

The Energy and Utility Cyber Security Summit will bring together 150 cyber security subject matter and industry experts for two days of business critical strategy, unrivalled networking and stimulating discussions.

With senior level representatives from major international energy and utility companies, national and pan-European government bodies, lead specialist solution provider and, expert service companies – can you afford to miss out?

The cost of breakdown of one critical infrastructure asset would be €175bn. The World Economic Forum

I look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in November.

Kindest regards,

Natasha Sheel
Senior Industry Analyst
FC Business Intelligence

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