POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 9am - noon

Securing Critical Assets for the Smarter Grid: A Risk-Based Approach to Security and Compliance

As a key player in the energy supply chain, you are focused on capitalizing on incentives funds while rapidly implementing your vision of Smart Grid.

New investment in assets, proliferation of renewable energy sources and advanced connectivity have opened up new business possibilities for you as a leader in Smart Grid interoperability. Yet have you considered the dark side to all this access? You are faced with new threats and vulnerabilities including cyber security incidents and physical access violations that directly impact the security of your critical assets.

What about the risk of compliance violations and astronomical fines? How do you create a risk-aware culture and a process that will scale? Is there a better way than repeating all the effort across multiple regulations one at a time? In this innovative workshop, hear directly from industry experts at Deloitte, AlertEnterprise and others as well as asset owners like Toronto Hydro as they highlight the most robust trends and practices in the Smart Grid securities landscape.

Take Away 4 Critical Strategies to Improve Your Grid Security:

• Identify critical assets and protect them from incidents before they occur.
• Monitor employee privileged access to assets and identify anomalous behavior.
• Respond to security incidents visually in real-time with expert decision support.
• Reduce the compliance costs for NERC CIP, FERC Standards of Conduct and other utility-oriented provisions even SOX and financial mandates.

Cover all of your bases to ensure a safe and reliable Smart Grid while protecting the long-term security of your critical assets.