European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum : Oil & Gas : All

Conference Overview

The European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum March 12th and 13th London is now booking. This is the flagship Cyber event in Europe for Smart Grids and heavily supported by Government, Utilities, Academia and the most authoritative solution providers.

If you wish to be involved please visit the site at http://www.smartgridcybersecurity.co.uk or call Jamison Nesbitt at +44 (0)20 7827 6164 or jnesbitt@SAE Media Group-online.co.uk to avoid disappointment.

"Thanks for your hospitality, generous assistance, and steadfast promotion of Lockheed throughout the event.
I made some very helpful contacts, and I hope it serves as a springboard for opportunities for us in Europe.
You had a full house of 166, and they were the right kinds of people to influence as we enter a new market space" - Lockheed Martin, commenting on the recent European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum

" Just wanted to express a thank you for the very well organised conference and an assurance that we will be back once we have implemented some of the good advise from some of the peers around Europe. It resulted in some good networking opportunities and especially one that we identified had similar challenges and ethos to solve these that we will pursue further. " Major UK Utility

Thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors, workshop leaders and attendees for a huge success

As Governments and utilities around the world continue to work on the deployment of the Smart Grid initiative, cyber security issues around such an infrastructure are now top priority in relation to national security and investment.

In April 2009, reports surfaced that China and Russia had infiltrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national security officials

See influential players from the European and UK Landscape come together to discuss the important role of security in Smart Grid Deployment, and the risks associated with digital, modernized electricity networks. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to integrate, share insight and help define the landscape of a future industry estimated to be worth in excess of $3.7 Billion by 2015 (Pike Research).

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Benefits of Attending

• Europe's flagship Smart Grid Cyber Security forum has already attracted more Chief Information Officers and Chief Security officers than any other Smart Grid event globally

• Never before has any Grid event brought together some much security expertise, spanning the entire Metering, DNO, TSO, Government and Financial landscape.

• Shape the future of Europe's security framework, collaborate with international partners, and develop new business channels

• Gain insight into Europe's TSO security vision and strategies for the Smart Grid, including Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Austria, UK, North America

• Define the importance of the future Smart Grid, and why it's successful deployment is crucial

• Protecting the Smart Grid infrastructure - who's responsibility is this?

• Evaluate the associated risk of it's deployment, two way communication, and embedded technology risk

• Indentify the vulnerabilities and exploitation methods

• Learn about the effect a widespread power outage disruption would have on the economy, and the panic it would cause the population

• Hear how Smart Grid disruption could be used as a distraction from Military or political initiatives

• Develop understanding of very real threats, such as hackers, natural disasters, equipment failures, and user errors

• Engage key stakeholders in the Smart Grid Landscape

• Assess the current state of the industry and interoperable standards

• Network, gain competitive advantage

• Benefit from key game changing strategy sessions, through interactive panels and roundtables

Who should attend

Chief Technology Officer
Chief Information and Security
Chief Risk and Finance
Chief Marketing
Chief Security
Head of Future Networks
TNO Director
Leading Architecture
Business Analysis
DNO Director
Director of Strategy

Information Security
Risk and Business Continuity
Information Technology and Services
Head of Engineering Regulatory Strategy
Head of Forward Planning
IT Operations
Head of Strategy
Head of Governance
Head of Business Development
CEO
Head of utilities

Managing Director
Marketing
Sales
Head of Architecture
Head of Security
Director of Innovation and strategy
Director of Strategy
Director Distribution Automation Engineering
R&D
Vertical market leader

ABB; asdsa; Avisa; Boeing, Rocketdyne Division; BT Group Plc; Caretower Limited; Caterpillar Inc.; Clackmannanshire Council; CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT; Defence Equipment & Support Organisation; Defense Equipment & Support Organisation; Dell Secure Works; ENCORE HEALTH PVT LTD; ENDOCRINE TECHNOLOGIES (I) PVT LTD; Engineering Solutions, Inc.; ENZED CHLORO PRODUCTS PVT LTD; F-15 System Program Office; G R S - Braunshweig; H P L Electric & Power Pvt Ltd; Hangzhou Sunrise Technology Co Ltd; HTG Technologies; Icube; Incotex Ltd; K N X Association; KPN Eurorings B.V.; Martin - Kaye And Partners; Minister for Foreign Affairs Department ; Murphy; Newfield; Orion New Zealand; Planet Int Co Ltd; Power One Data International; PPL Therapeutics Ltd.; R S Enterprises; Rousseau'S Awards; Schering AG; Schering-Plough Central East AG; Secure Meters (U K) Ltd; Sedgemoor District Council; Shetland Islands Council; SHREYA LIFE SCIENCE PVT LTD; Sibelga; Siminn; Sita Uk Ltd; Societa Cooperativa Bilanciai; SOFTGEL HEALTHCARE PVT LTD; South Bucks District Council; South Somerset District Council; ST Electronics (Info - Comm Systems) Pte Ltd; Stone Energy Corp; T M A Data Management Ltd; T Mobile; T N & Associates, Inc.; Tele2; Teplocom Holding; Terranova Piu S R L; Terrasim I N C; Tier - 3 Pty Ltd; Tobyhanna Army Depot; University Hospital of North Staffordshire; Utilia S P A; Vade Retro Technology; WR-ALC F-15 SYSTEM PROGRAM OFFICE;

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mark Ossel, ESNA Board Member and VP Echelon, ESNA

ESNA is an not-for-profit association formed by a group of companies who recognised the need for establishing an organisation to promote the application of advanced energy management systems, including AMR/AMM, based on the NES platform and to build and expand the interoperability standard for utility networks NTA 8150.
Mark B.M. Ossel
Vice President Energy & Utility, Echelon
Board member, Treasury, ESNA
Netherlands

Mark B.M. Ossel (1955), Vice President Echelon, is focussed on developing the Energy and Utility market for Echelon in West Europe, Middle East and Africa, by extending the network of partners and growing the customerbase. He is involved in AMR since 2001, when the Enel AMR project started.
Mark is also member of the board of ESNA (Energy Services Network Association), the international Echelon NES usergroup, and involved in international standardization efforts.
Mark has a background of more then 20 years in various management functions in the Information & Communication Technology market, before he became involved in energy management, smart metering and Smart Grids..
Before joining Echelon in June 2001 as Vice President EMEA for the LonWorks Infrastructure business, Mark served, among other management roles, as the Director Marketing Operations Europe, Middle East & Africa for Unisys Corporation, one of the largest US computers and IT services companies.
Mark has a bachelor degree in marketing and economics, and attended additional courses in The Netherlands, UK and USA; he has a special interest in applying new technology.
A specific area of interest is the field of energy management through home automation. Based on the background in LonWorks and Energy management systems a perfect match.
Mark has a Dutch nationality, lives in the Netherlands and is a.o. a member of Rotary International , non-executive member of various boards.and active in the Unesco World Heritage program.

9:10 Defining a cyber security strategy

William Barker , Chief Security Advisor, NIST
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System envirinment (Legacy and target)

Policy environment

Standards and interoperability

Risks defined

Terrorism

Hackers

Natural Disasters

Equipment failures

User Errors

Stakeholders defined

Government (Regulation and support)
Utilities (public and private sectors)
Telecoms and Internet Service Providers
Dependent entities
Government
- Goals, rules, and security standards
- Risk assessment
- Prevention
- Response
- Recovery

9:40 Enisa's resilience and CIIP program

Evangelos Ouzounis , Senior Expert, Network Security Policy, ENISA - European Network and Information Security Agency
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Introduce EU Commission’s and ENISA policy context in the areas of CIIP

Explain the importance of security and resilience of communications networks and services for Europe

Present ENISA’s good practices on exercises, incident reporting and information sharing

Introduce ENISA’s approach to interdependencies of different sectors including SCADA and Smart Grids

Present ENISA’s activities in the area of interconnected communication networks

10:10 Smart Grid security and privacy framework

Johan Rambi , Privacy & Security Officer , Alliander

Security & Privacy legal framework

European policy and regulatory directives

Security & Privacy standards

Lessons learned

Next steps

10:40 Morning Coffee

11:10 The reliability and security of the Grid

Rajesh Nair , Head, Strategy and Architecture, Swissgrid
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A Multi-tier strategy

Standard Framework

Holistic approach to addressing reliability and security

Risk Mitigation strategies

11:40 Identity and Access Management Lifecycle for Smart Grids

Ian Collard, Security Practice Manager , Siemens

The role that IAM should play

The identity Ecosystem for SMART Grids

Maturity modelling

Identity architecture and modelling

Identity lifecycle management

Access and Authorisation models

Entitlement models

How to avoid failure in deployment

How to avoid over-engineering and under-utilisation

Some speculation regarding HANS

Some speculation regarding 3rd party energy management

12:10 How real time cyber security changes the game for utilities worldwide

Sean Patton, Director of Energy and Cyber Services, Lockheed Martin - Management & Data Systems

Current state of cyber protection

Lack of threat and information sharing

Advanced Persistent Threat

Solving the problem for large energy companies

Solving the problem for the other 95%

Next generation tools and capabilities

12:40 Networking Lunch sponsored by Lockheed Martin

14:00 Building a Secure Smart Grid- Principles and Methodology

Saadat Malik, Senior Manager, Smart Grid Solutions and Architecture, Cisco Systems

Ensuring the grid infrastructure is resilient, is essential to achieving the objectives of a “smart grid”.?Interoperability is critical, yet creates more diverse threats and complexity.

This requires an architectural approach based on key security principles and implemented using a requirements-based methodology.

The same approach needs to be extended to the communications architecture, enabling it to be developed with a security framework in mind.

This will ensure that security is embedded within, and applied effectively to all aspects of the utility environment.?

Building security into the communications infrastructure can bring the various components of the grid together to form a synergistic, more intelligent grid that addresses regulatory and compliance needs.

Process beginning from the security challenges to requirements development, and provide a use case to illustrate how this fits within a broader security lifecycle approach.

14:30 Panel Session Collaborating on International Standards and Framework

Today's panel session "Collaborating on International Standards and Framework" will be moderated by Bob Lockhart, Senior Analyst with Pike Research.

Bob Lockhart is a senior analyst contributing to Pike Research’s smart energy practice, with a focus on cyber security markets. Lockhart is a recognized information security industry leader who spent 31 years at EDS, 17 of which were in information security management.

Lockhart has extensive leadership experience in the global technology and outsourcing industry, having supported more than 200 multinational clients. His career encompasses support or manufacturing, aerospace, government, financial services, outsourcing, and healthcare industries in both the United States and Europe. Lockhart has served multiple roles including Chief Security Officer, Software Manager, Security Portfolio Executive, Solution Architect, and Data Center Manager. He holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Loyola Marymount University.

Key members of the Forum's standards and framework presentations today, will come together to discuss how we can collaborate further and develop global understanding and process.

What can Europe learn from the U.S?

What can the US learn from Europe?

How do we tie two and two together?

Who are the key stakeholders we must engage?

What barriers exist and how can we overcome them?

William Barker , Chief Security Advisor, NIST
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Kenneth Van Meter, General Manager, Energy & Cyber Services, Lockheed Martin

Evangelos Ouzounis , Senior Expert, Network Security Policy, ENISA - European Network and Information Security Agency
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Robert Cragie, Chair of the ZigBee Security Working Group, ZigBee Alliance
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Ian Collard, Security Practice Manager , Siemens

Saadat Malik, Senior Manager, Smart Grid Solutions and Architecture, Cisco Systems

Bob Lockhart, Senior Analyst , Pike Research

Johan Rambi , Privacy & Security Officer , Alliander

15:30 Afternoon Tea

16:00 Getting it right first time: Lessons for smart grid users from GB smart metering so far

Steve Daniels , Head of cyber security and information assurance, Detica

The real cyber security threat

Taking a comprehensive approach to meter and grid security

Defining guiding principles and consequent strategy

Establishing accountability, authority and arrangement for effective delivery

Establishing an holistic controls framework

16:30 Implementing security & privacy framework into Smart Meter/Grid Infrastructure

Johan Rambi , Privacy & Security Officer , Alliander

Privacy & Security issues about Smart Meter/Grid

Certification Privacy Audit Proof

Project implementation Security & Privacy at Alliander

ISPMS cycle

Lessons learned

17:00 Information Risks around the Smart Meter

Stephan Gerhager, Security Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, E.ON Energie AG

Future Smart Meters play a central role

Connecting customers (Internet), the “Smart Home” and the “Smart Grid”

Smart meters a target for different kinds of attackers

Information security risks in connecting these three worlds

First ideas for countermeasures