Speaker: Grant Vandebrake, Phoenix Contact, Senior Global Systems Engineer
When: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024, 12-2pm
Location: Pittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Twp.
Hosted By: Eastern Controls, Inc
Cost: $10-Lunch being provided
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Speaker Background:
Name: Grant Vandebrake
Company: Phoenix Contact
Position: Senior Global Systems Engineer Biography: Grant Vandebrake has over 10 years' experience in industrial controls, networking and security, of which many have been working specifically with critical infrastructure industries. Grant started with Phoenix contact in 2013 as solutions engineer, programming PLC applications for customers primarily related to SCADA. From there he started working on secure remote SCADA networking for utilities and process customers. In 2019 Grant completed the SANS course for industrial control systems security and received his GICSP certification. Currently, Grant supports network and security application design in critical infrastructure markets for Phoenix Contact globally.
Hobbies:
1.) Breaking Industrial Devices
2.) Fantasy Sports
3.) Hiking, Biking and Walking outdoors with the family.
Overview:
In this presentation we'll answer the following questions:
1.) What does cybersecurity really mean?
2.) Why is IT security different from OT security?
3.) How should you get started with cybersecurity for your workplace?
4.) If I have an incident, what should I do?