Webinar: Targeted ICS Ransomware in Manufacturing: Be Prepared

Targeted ICS ransomware has emerged as a pervasive threat to manufacturing operations. All plant downtime due to cyber-attacks in 2020 was because of targeted ransomware, resulting in sometimes weeks-long shutdowns. Worse, these attacks almost always took down multiple plants at once, overwhelming incident response teams, and increasing the likelihood that perpetrators could extort a ransom payment.

All manufacturing sectors must learn how to protect against this now-pervasive threat. This webinar, by leaders in OT cybersecurity, provides an in-depth exploration of the topic. We cover the threat landscape for industrial / OT automation in manufacturing. In the context of those threats, we then explore a variety of topics, challenges and constraints, including: protecting MES systems, ICS/OT network and cloud connectivity, and an organization's tolerance for cyber risk. We then explore solutions - how to use the ransomware kill-chain to design defenses, with concrete recommendations based on real-world scenarios.

Join us to understand today's and tomorrow's threats and to explore robust, practical responses to this evolving threat environment.

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Webinar Speakers:
	Jesus Molina is Waterfall’s Director of Industrial IoT. He is a security expert with years of experience in both OT and IT security, with a focus in manufacturing and critical infrastructure. A former hacker, his early research on offensive security for building automation has been echoed by many publications, including Wired and The Register. He also co-authored the Industrial Internet Security framework, regarded as one of the most comprehensive studies on securing connected operational systems.
	Tom Winston is a Cybersecurity subject matter expert focused on threats to critical infrastructure (ICS/SCADA ) systems, as well as foreign cyber intelligence and threat analysis. He has extensive experience in mobile device, removable/fixed media digital forensics, and is a seasoned manager of people, technology, projects, and programs. He's multilingual in over a dozen foreign languages and has extensive experience in international relations, intelligence, and foreign policy analysis. Also has solid research and publication skills.
	Renee Bassett is Chief Editor of Automation.com and InTech brand publications published by ISA—The International Society of Automation. She has 20+ years’ experience in industrial automation journalism, marketing and communications.