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ISASecure ISA/IEC 62443 Site Assessment (ACSSA) Program: Industry Perspectives & Updates (December 12th, 2023 - 11 AM Eastern Time)

Since announcing the plans in Q2 2023 to establish an operating site cybersecurity assessment scheme aligned to ISA/IEC 62443, ISASecure has been hard at work developing the standard alongside key stakeholders from asset owners, certification bodies, and OT-specific industry stakeholders. 

Join us for this exclusive webinar to meet with the program managers, directors, and SMEs actually writing the standard to hear firsthand what the industry can expect, including release dates, preparation documents, and upcoming training opportunities.


Webinar Details
 
Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Time: 11 a.m.–11:45 a.m. EDT U.S.
(8:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m. PDT U.S.)
Price: Free!
Format: 30-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A session
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Panelists

Andre Ristaino, Managing Director, Global Alliances and Consortia, International Society of Automation

Mr. Ristaino is the Managing Director of Global Alliances and Consortia for the International Society of Automation (ISA) based in RTP, North Carolina. Starting in 2007, Mr. Ristaino developed ISA’s conformance certification programs including the ISASecure control systems cybersecurity certification program that certifies automation and control system products to the IEC 62443 series of international standards.

Mr. Ristaino directs ISA’s consortiums and alliances, including, ISA Security Compliance Institute, ISA Wireless Compliance Institute, ISAGCA, LOGIIC, FCG collaboration, OPAF collaboration, FDT collaboration, and Fundacion Chile.
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Brandon Price (Chairman, The ISASecure Program, Senior Principal Engineer for ICS Cybersecurity, ExxonMobil)

Brandon is Senior Principal Engineer for ICS Cybersecurity at ExxonMobil with responsibility for sustaining ExxonMobil's ICS cybersecurity strategy for its Upstream, Downstream and Midstream businesses.

He has over 20 years of experience in leadership, security and business controls for protecting information, information systems and operational technology.

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Carol Muehrcke (Program Manager, ISASecure Program)

In 26 years in the cyber security field, Dr. Carol Muehrcke has led security assurance teams for high assurance products, software development teams for both commercial and government security products, research programs on assurance methods and security mechanisms, and industry working groups on cyber security. Starting in 2008 she has worked with the ISA Security Compliance Institute to manage, develop and roll out certification programs for control systems, control system components, and secure product development life cycle (www.isasecure.org). Previously she was co-chair of Working Group 1 that developed electric sector failure scenarios under the DOE funded NESCOR project (National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Resource). She was a contributing author to the process control cyber security standard ISA-62443-2-1-2009, and co-chair of the SCADA Cyber Self Assessment Working Group under the DHS Process Control System Forum.

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Patrick O'Brien, Functional Safety & Cybersecurity Engineer, exida

Patrick O’Brien is a Senior Safety and Cybersecurity Engineer at exida, LLC, where he leads process safety, functional safety, and cybersecurity consulting services and training courses for end-user industrial facilities. He has led risk assessments and other lifecycle activities for many different applications, including oil and gas, specialty chemical, machinery, and robotics. He is a coauthor of Implementing IEC 62443: A Pragmatic Approach to Cybersecurity and the principal author of the CCPS concept book Managing Cybersecurity in the Process Industries – A Risk-based Approach. Patrick has a BS in chemical engineering and German language from Pennsylvania State University.

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Host

Ted Gutierrez, CEO and Co-Founder, SecurityGate

Ted Gutierrez is the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of SecurityGate, the provider of the market-leading SaaS Platform for OT cyber improvement. He is passionate about protecting what matters across operational sectors by aligning industrial cyber teams on their cyber improvement journey. With his extensive background as a compliance and risk auditor for critical infrastructure, he knows the pain associated with effectively maturing organizational resilience in a decentralized ecosystem. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Ted is a battle-hardened veteran of the US Army and a seasoned reconnaissance and surveillance expert.