Industrial Control Systems for Cybersecurity Professionals - Hands-on
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This course presents the fundamentals of industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) to cybersecurity professionals. Students receive hands-on experience with PLCs, SCADA, sensors/transmitters, calibrators, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and more – helping students understand not just how industrial control systems work, but how OT professionals view the world. Presented against a light backdrop of cybersecurity, it is an ideal course for security analysts, intelligence analysts, cybersecurity managers, and IT professionals.
Learning objectives:
- Describe the basic history of industrial automation
- Describe basic control theory
- Identify common industrial processes
- Identify various components of industrial control systems
- Identify various types of I/O
- Recognize various operating principles for industrial sensors
- Identify various industrial lifecycles
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of industrial environments
- Recognize the application of cybersecurity concepts to OT systems
Hands on activities:
- Wire a PLC
- Interface with PLC programming software
- Program a PLC using ladder logic
- Calibrate a transmitter
- Describe control variable types
- Create SCADA diagram
- Create a control loop
- Tour an industrial facility
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