ICS Practitioners Security Training Course

Level Implementation Duration 2 days

Available to book: Virtual instructor led training £1250 View dates and book now

The NCSC Certified Training, ICS Practitioners Security Course, which has also been accredited as CIISec Accredited Training, has been designed to provide practitioners with an understanding of the cybersecurity challenges facing their environments. This knowledge is vital when managing the day-to-day running of all aspects of security risk for those environments.

The course will show how to protect Industrial Control environments and best identify and support their organisations’ cybersecurity and risk mitigation/reduction strategies for their ICS environments.

How will you benefit?

By the end of the course, you will be familiar with:

How to identify what current and emerging threats your ICS environments face
Where your ICS environments may be vulnerable
What actions you need to take to secure those environments and help reduce the risk
How to prepare for and handle a cyber security incident in those environments

Part 1: Background (what is an ICS, what are the threats and vulnerabilities):
- ICS description and terminology
- ICS Vs IT. Differences and similarities
- Threats to ICS
- ICS vulnerabilities
- Known ICS security incidents
Part 2: Securing ICS (what can be done to secure an ICS):
- Secure architecture and design
- Securing existing and legacy systems
- Security risk management
- Operational security
- Vendor management
- Building security into procurement processes
Part 3: Security Incident Management (what to do when the worst happens and roles and responsibilities):
- Security incident identification
- Security incident response
- Security incident recovery
- Planning and preparation
Part 4: Cyber Incident Exercise
- Cyber interactive exercise
If you are a Practitioner involved with ICS procurement, implementation, auditing, or maintenance, or part of an ICS environment supply chain and need full awareness of the security risks to these environments, including:
- Site/Asset User or Operator
- Site/Asset IT/ICS Support engineer
- Site/Asset Physical security/Facilities Management professional
...then this course is for you.

The course provides you with the knowledge to fully understand the security risks facing your ICS environments, including the Supply Chain.

In addition, it discusses how to forward plan to help mitigate and reduce these risks, as well as how to identify and respond to a cyber incident.
- Detailed course notes
- A handbook of supporting material
- Certificate of atendance

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