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Why industrial cybersecurity plays a key role in national security

Online Master Class

PROFILE Master Degrees
DATE 29th January 2019
TIME 19:00 - 20:00 (GMT +02:00)
LANGUAGE English
EVENT FORMAT Online events
Why industrial cybersecurity plays a key role in national security

Critical infrastructures are vital to nations, states and societies. Disruption or destruction of such infrastructures or their services would have a devastating impact on national economy, security, public health or safety. Following existing standards, approaches and methodologies, implementing common solutions or complying with regulatory frameworks is not enough to protect a nation.

In this session, we will analyze why the protection of critical infrastructures requires specific and different approaches, methodologies and solutions. We will provide real examples and numbers of the problems and challenges injecting cybersecurity in critical infrastructures protection mega-projects. Finally, we will propose specific approaches and key takeaways to improve your cybersecurity understanding on critical infrastructures and its impact on national security.

Our speakers

Managing Director, Europe and Latin America ICS Security Lead for Energy, Utilities, Chemical and Natural

Managing Director, Europe and Latin America ICS Security Lead for Energy, Utilities, Chemical and Natural Resources at Accenture, Independent Evaluator at European Commission, CIIP Expert at ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and member of ISACA Global Cybersecurity Task Force. He has been the main promoter of the “Industrial Cybersecurity” concept in Spanish.