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The risk of increasing automation

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  • Thursday, 04 February 2016
  • 12:4 - 12:4
  • Duration: 29 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Feb 2016
  • Location: NA, Savoy Place, Stevenage, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems 2016

About the session

As technology continues to accelerate, our systems are becoming increasingly automated and connected. While this generally improves efficiency and productivity within industry, it also creates new areas of risk and opportunities for cyber criminals to exploit.

Identifying and understanding the cyber risk associated with connected systems

Mitigating against an increased attack/target surface

Keywords:
  • IoT
  • cyber security
  • data
  • firewall
  • hacker
  • hackers
  • technology

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  • Anna  Burrell

    Anna Burrell

    A CISSP qualified industrial security consultant with extensive experience as a control systems engineer and practitioner in security best practice. I have a strong background in instrumentation, design and application engineering for process control and SCADA systems. Over the last 15 years I have worked extensively within the rail, manufacturing, water, oil and gas, and electricity distribution industries, at all stages from system design to plant installation prior to specialising in securing critical infrastructure. Recently I have been delivering complex cyber security designs for water, rail and upstream oil and gas companies, including stakeholder engagement to support the initiatives.
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    Anna Burrell

    A CISSP qualified industrial security consultant with extensive experience as a control systems engineer and practitioner in security best practice. I have a strong background in instrumentation, design and application engineering for process control and SCADA systems. Over the last 15 years I have worked extensively within the rail, manufacturing, water, oil and gas, and electricity distribution industries, at all stages from system design to plant installation prior to specialising in securing critical infrastructure. Recently I have been delivering complex cyber security designs for water, rail and upstream oil and gas companies, including stakeholder engagement to support the initiatives.
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