The PCSF Annual Meeting, March 6-8 in Atlanta has added the DHS sponsored SCADA Security Training Courses produced by INL. There is a four hour introductory course and an eight hour, hands on intermediate course. These are high quality, well received courses and were the number 8 highlight in our 2006 Top Ten Review.

The best thing about these courses is the price. They are free. (In 2005 / 2006 I taught a 3-day course for about $3,500 per student, so this is a good deal.) This is an opportunity to send one or more people from your IT Department to learn about control systems. Or you can send your operations people to get an introduction to IT security. Don’t send the same people who always go to events. Instead, widen the knowledge base through this free training.

The DHS/INL courses typically fill up so register asap if you want a guaranteed slot.