09.00 Opening Remarks From The Chair

09.10 SCADA, Wireless And IT: The Triple Play For System Security

• A technical review of secure wireless devices and systems
• Comparison of IT and SCADA security performance requirements and their security implications
• Protecting your SCADA system from wireless intrusion

Dr. Peter Fuhr
Chairman
WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING ALLIANCE

09.50 A Structured Approach For Tackling The Security Of SCADA And IT Systems

• Assessing current and upcoming IT security programmes for SCADA systems
• Defending your SCADA system from cyber terrorism and hackers
• A look into the developments of wireless security

Stephen Wicker
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
CORNELL UNIVERSITY

11.00 SCADA In Power Systems: Remote Measurement And Control Of Critical Infrastructure

• Protecting power assets from cyber attacks on the communications networks
• Utilising the latest in encryption technologies
• Evaluating the impact of encryption of the reliability and speed on the network

Dr. J. Zhong
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

11.40 Generating Discussions On The Advancements Of SCADA Systems

• Understanding the current security trends affecting SCADA systems
• Specifying threats to the infrastructure
• Developments and future considerations for security systems to offset the hacker threat

Michael David
CEO
GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR SAFE, SECURE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (GISSET)

13.20 Workshop A: Developing A More Reliable And Secure SCADA System: Cyber Security Training

Over the past few years a subtle but definite change in certain technical underpinnings in SCADA systems as well as their integration with other systems, most notably IT networks, has been taking place. This had led to issues such as IT requiring “response must be reliable” while a SCADA system requires that “response is time-critical”. Regardless of these, and other, differences between the SCADA and IT “perspectives” on system operation, the bottom line is that it is our task to make, as the title says, “A More Reliable and Secure SCADA System”. The realm is cyber security and its impact on SCADA systems.

In this session we will explore:

• The development of authentication and identify management procedures
• Methods for detecting and logging network intrusions
• With control systems interconnecting with business networks, how using IP and other standard protocols to communicate with field devices increases vulnerabilities
• Advancing trends in SCADA system security
• Establishing an environment for ensuring that operating systems and embedded devices are configured and managed securely

How you will benefit:

This workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the importance of cyber security for control systems. It will give you a glimpse into the cyber attack tools and tactics being utilised by attackers and hackers. You will have a chance to discuss with the workshop leader and attendees experiences in past attacks, vulnerabilities of SCADA systems and the steps to mitigate the risks.

Your Workshop Leader:

Dr. Peter Fuhr
Chairman
Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance

Dr. Peter Fuhr, Chair of the Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance and is founder and Chief Executive Officer for Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc. He has worked at NASA (space optical physicist) and was a professor of electrical engineering for 20 years before switching to private industry. He has published/presented over 700 technical articles pertaining to wireless, sensors, and systems. His pioneering work in networked sensor systems for structures earned him the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research.

15.50 Workshop B: The SCADA Privacy Problem And Privacy-Aware Design

Advanced sensor networks and powerful processing techniques are now available – high-performance, next generation SCADA and Demand-Response systems. Fine granularity consumption data, while supporting the SCADA mission, create a serious privacy problem. If this problem is not understood and resolved, utilities run the risk of losing a substantial investment in SCADA through public protest and subsequent legal/regulatory action.

In this session we will explore:

• The potential for next-generation SCADA systems
• Understanding the nature of privacy and privacy intrusion
• Recognising the extent to which fine-grained power consumption data reveals personally-identifying information
• Privacy laws in Europe, Asia, and North America
• A framework for privacy-aware design rules

How you will benefit:

This workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the evolving privacy problem in general, and the problem created through the capture of power consumption data in particular. Attendees will acquire an understanding of the way power consumption data reveals information about the behaviour of consumers, and will see how such data is controlled by the privacy laws of several different countries. Attendees will then be given a framework through which SCADA and Demand-Response systems can be designed in a privacy-aware manner.

Your Workshop Leader:

Stephen Wicker
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University

Stephen B. Wicker is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, and a member of the graduate fields of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. He is the author of four books and is the Cornell Principal Investigator for the TRUST Science and Technology Center, a National Science Foundation centre dedicated to the development of technologies for securing the nation’s critical infrastructure.

17.50 Close Of Conference