Experience a live cyber-physical incident simulation and practice your response

Description

Critical infrastructure from healthcare to energy—is increasingly targeted by cyber-physical attacks. In this workshop, you’ll participate in a simulated OT/ICS incident that disrupts services, requiring fast and coordinated responses. You’ll practice consequence-driven planning, segmentation strategies, and team communication under pressure. By the end, you’ll not only understand how OT/ICS systems can be attacked but also how to prepare your teams to withstand them.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Recognize and assess OT/ICS cyber risks.
  • Apply consequence-driven planning strategies.
  • Coordinate team responses in simulated OT/ICS crisis scenarios.

Duration

3 hours

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Instructors

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Alan McCafferty is a Senior Business Analyst, Cyber Security SME, Program Director, and Executive Advisor with over 25 years of experience across public organizations, not-for-profits, start-ups, and multinational corporations. Educated in Canada, the USA, and Europe, he brings expertise in InfoSec, Engineering, Business, Risk Management, and Lean Six Sigma.

A prolific author of over 25 white papers and recipient of the Canada Award for Excellence, Alan has led mission-critical IT projects exceeding $1 billion. As founder of The Strategic Consulting Group (SCG), he has developed innovative tools for knowledge management, risk management, Threat Risk Assessments (TRA), and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), delivering transformative solutions for Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations, government departments, and not-for-profits.

At the uOttawa PDI, Alan serves as the Director of the Advanced Information and Cyber Security Management Program and the technical lead for the Information Integrity Lab. He also manages one of only four advanced cyber ranges of its kind in the world.

Known for driving innovation and implementing strategic solutions, Alan empowers organizations to excel in risk management, enterprise planning, and information security.

 

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Mark Hearn is a seasoned Business Leader and technical Product Management executive, bringing technology and business together to solve market problems for over 25 years. Mark’s expertise in software security and anti-reverse engineering has helped industry leaders solve critical product security issues with innovation and minimized risk. As a product security evangelist, Mark has spoken at many industry conferences and engaged in panel discussions on the need to protect software products from attack. He is an expert on the business risks associated with reverse engineering and the critical impact that hacking could have for manufacturers, and for their customers. Mark has held executive roles in product management and strategic market development, developing expertise in both the business-critical and technical functions related to business strategy, use/abuse cases, technical requirements, competitive analysis, and security threat-risk analysis.

Prepare for Real World Challenges

Effective information and cybersecurity management systems are built on domain knowledge applied through accepted standards and frameworks. Standards are best-known practices that an organization can use to protect information, data, and networks. Frameworks provide the blueprint for assessing, managing, and reducing vulnerabilities.

This course provides a comprehensive, in-depth review of accepted industry standards and frameworks that form the common language of information and cybersecurity systems worldwide. It is structured to prepare you to address the real-world challenges you will face as an information and cybersecurity professional in a public or private sector organization.

By completing this course, you’ll have the fundamental knowledge you need to position yourself as a true professional in the application of effective systems and programs for any organization in today’s interconnected world. And you will have acquired another key learning component on the path to an Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate.

“Besides great networking with experts, I gained a sound knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, ISO standards, privacy applications, risk assessment and mitigation, insider threat, ISMS, NIST, SOC 2, and legal insights related to information technology and cybersecurity.”
-- Madhumita S., Ottawa, ON
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Assess and Evaluate Options

By drawing on concepts, topical scenarios, and real-world examples, instructors demystify standards and frameworks so you can develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to:

  • Assess and select information and cybersecurity frameworks for any organization
  • Evaluate and determine which ISO, NIST, SOC 2, or ITSG standard best meets the needs of an organization
  • Tailor a risk management and information security management system to align with a variety of regulations, such as the Privacy Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
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Trust an Unbiased Global View

This course is technology- and policy-agnostic. It is designed, structured, and delivered based on a blend of learning processes and real-world experiences. This ensures you get a truly unbiased world view of universally applicable information and cybersecurity principles and practices presented from a neutral, Canadian perspective.

Access a Continuum of Learning

By completing the Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate program, you will have what you need to transition to additional learning in the field or bridge to other programs offered by PDI.

The Information and Cybersecurity Management Program is an integral part of a continuum of learning ecosystem in security, cybersecurity, and other disciplines offered by the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute (uOttawa PDI). The knowledge, skills, and abilities you acquire through this program are complementary to other offerings in PDI’s security portfolio, including:

Financial Intelligence Specialist Program

National Security and Intelligence Advance Certificate

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