NIST and Safety sessions added following ACS Conference

Sept. 4, 2009

SPECIAL NOTICE:
There will be 2 additional activities on Friday October 23rd at the Bethesda Marriott following the Applied Control Solutions Control System Cyber Security Conference.

NIST will hold a 1-day session that will discuss the FISMA security standards and guidelines that apply to industrial control systems. There will be no charge for attending the NIST session. Details on the NIST session are being finalized. For information, go to http://csrc.nist.gov/staff/index.html.

SPECIAL NOTICE:
There will be 2 additional activities on Friday October 23rd at the Bethesda Marriott following the Applied Control Solutions Control System Cyber Security Conference.

NIST will hold a 1-day session that will discuss the FISMA security standards and guidelines that apply to industrial control systems. There will be no charge for attending the NIST session. Details on the NIST session are being finalized. For information, go to http://csrc.nist.gov/staff/index.html.

Exida will hold a course on Safety and Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems. This course focuses on safety and the impact of cyber security on safety including the special issues surrounding integration of control systems and safety instrumented systems.  It is an introduction to safety lifecycle design and the impacts of cyber security on safety for managers and engineers involved in operating, maintaining and integrating industrial automation and control systems.  The course fee will be $545.  However, the price for ACS Conference attendees will be $445. For information, please contact John Cusimano at (215) 453-1720 or got to    https://www.exida.com/exida2/stores/1/Security-for-Safety-Instrumented-Systems---October-23-2009-Bathesda-MD-USA-P348C0.aspx.

 Joe Weiss

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