exida launches self-paced automation cybersecurity course
Safety and cybersecurity certification company exida has launched a self-paced cybersecurity training course: CS 100 - IEC 62443: Automation Cybersecurity Analysis, Design, and Operation.
A recent global security survey showed that 90% of automation systems in critical infrastructure applications experienced a damaging cyber attack within the last two years. Cybersecurity has quickly become a major priority for automation systems of all types and sizes, especially for safety instrumented systems.
The course — which can be completed online — provides an overview of the automation cybersecurity lifecycle. The course reviews cybersecurity risk assessment, developing zones and conduits, cybersecurity requirement specification (CSRS), designing secure systems, Security Level Determination and Verification, detailed design considerations and operations requirements. Detailed workshop problems are used to provide students with practical cybersecurity experience.
Skills that will be learned in the course include:
- How a lifecycle approach improves cybersecurity readiness.
- How to conduct cybersecurity risk assessments to match risk profile.
- How to effectively segment automation systems.
- Actionable steps to harden your automation system today.
- How to perform Security Level Verification.
- How to implement a cybersecurity management program for continuously improving security.
- How to monitor cybersecurity during the operations and maintenance phase.
- How to align cybersecurity with existing automation lifecycles.
This course forms a broad review in preparation for the Certified Automation Cybersecurity Expert (CACE) and Certified Automation Cybersecurity Specialist (CACS) automation application exam.
This course contains extensive workshop case studies to further cement the learning in a practical nature and is delivered in two parts:
CS 101: IEC 62443: Automation Cybersecurity Analysis (duration 60 days – register here).
CS 102: Automation Cybersecurity: Applying IEC 62443 (duration 60 days – register here).
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