Online Training: Fundamentals of Electrical Substation Cybersecurity

Resumo

Ethernet is a fast, reliable, and scalable Local Area Network (LAN) technology that is becoming the predominant standard within modern digital substations. This two-day course provides participants with a solid foundation in Operational Technology (OT) LAN cybersecurity fundamentals. Through a blend of lectures, instructor-led demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises, participants will learn how to recognize cybersecurity risks and apply practical mitigation strategies in substation environments.

Objetivos

• Recognize and analyze common cybersecurity attacks relevant to substations
• Differentiate between IT cybersecurity and OT substation cybersecurity
• Understand and apply the principles of Defense-in-Depth
• Interpret and apply the NIST Security Framework in OT environments
• Identify typical substation attack vectors and potential vulnerabilities
• Understand the different techniques utilized by intrusion detection systems (IDS): signature-based, learning-based, system-model based
• Configure and monitor a functional security monitoring system using StationGuard

 

Conteúdo

• Case Studies: Cybersecurity Attacks We Can Learn From
• IT vs OT security within substation environments
• Regulatory Overview: FERC, NERC-CIP
• Defense-in-Depth principles applied to electrical substations
• Typica electrical OT substation communications architecture (the Purdue Model)
• The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Typical substation attack vectors and mitigation examples
• IPv4 addressing and subnetting
• Introduction to static routing 
• Network Address Translation (NAT/PAT) 
• Introduction to firewalling (Layers 1–4) 
• IPsec/VPN Tunneling concepts
• Intrusion Detection concepts
  • Signature-Based IDS
  • Learning-Based IDS
  • System-model based IDS (StationGuard)
• Vulnerability management and grid visibility (GridOps)

 

Duração

2 days

Cronograma

10am - 5pm with 1 hour for lunch, each day (Central Time - Houston TX)

Público

Electrical engineering staff from transmission and distribution utilities, IT and cybersecurity officers from utilities, service companies, and manufacturers involved in protection system design and maintenance

Pré-requisitos

Completion of LAN Design course preferred

Soluções

StationGuard, GridOps OMICRON DANEO 400, IEDScout, StationScout