I’m teaching the SCADA Security class for Infosec Institute next week in Chicago and in early September in DC. We have been able to add a couple more labs thanks to kind loans by some vendors.

Triangle MicroWorks is allowing us to use their Communication Protocol Test Harness and Plantdata is sending some of their field firewalls, now called patriotSCADA. The test harness will be used to for examples of SCADA protocols and simulated PLC’s in the protocol vulnerability module of the course. The field firewall will be used to highlight field security issues and an as an example in the new solutions module.

The class is not an endorsement of any product, but we will incorporate anything that will help the students learn. Thanks to both vendors.

It is a challenge finding software and hardware that can form an effective lab in a small classroom environment. We are still looking for a SCADA or DCS application vendor to provide a sales / demo version of their administrator GUI. This would be software they run on a sales laptop. In the course we discuss all of the authorization methods that are commonly found in these applications, and we would like to have a hands on lab to replace the current paper lab. Any SCADA / DCS vendor interested?