Cyber Security of the SPIDERS Microgrid Network & How it Applies to the Industry at Large
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SPIDERS, the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security, is a DoD and DoE project keeping critical military facilities running through grid outages.
What this course covers:
- Cyber security threats affecting the power grid
- SCADA and Industrial Control System vulnerabilities
- The SPIDERS microgrid and its clean-energy design
- Red Team exercises run against the microgrid network
Presented by Fred Terry and Ross Roley, this 1.5 PDH webinar suits SCADA managers, ICS professionals, and DoD personnel and contractors.
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SPIDERS stands for the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security, a joint DoD and DoE project designed to keep critical military facilities running through grid outages. The course uses this real project as its central case study.
It covers SCADA and Industrial Control System vulnerabilities alongside broader cyber security threats affecting the power grid. These technical topics are grounded in the SPIDERS microgrid's clean-energy design rather than treated as abstract, generic ICS concepts.
Yes, it covers Red Team exercises run against the SPIDERS microgrid network, showing how the system's defenses were actually tested. This gives learners a concrete example of offensive security testing applied to a real military infrastructure project.
The course is presented by Fred Terry and Ross Roley as a 1.5 PDH webinar, giving professional development hour credit for attending. Its format reflects a live technical briefing rather than a standard self-paced awareness module.
It suits SCADA managers, ICS professionals, and DoD personnel and contractors working with critical infrastructure. The subject matter applies the SPIDERS project's lessons to the broader industry, not just the military facilities it was originally built for.
Originally Presented: July 16, 2015
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
Course Credit Hours: 1.5 PDHs
Moderator: Robert Bradford, Director of Technical Consulting, Burns & McDonnell
Speakers:
Fred Terry, Federal Cybersecurity Practice Lead, Burns & McDonnell
Ross Roley, SPIDERS Operational Manager
US Pacific Command
Course Overview:
SPIDERS, not the creepy, crawling, eight-legged insects we fear, but Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS), is the acronym connecting clean energy and cyber security. SPIDERS is a Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy (DoE) partnership project designed to keep critical military facilities in operation in the event of grid outages while making use of clean, locally sourced energy. A major challenge of the project is averting military bases away from over-reliance on diesel-powered backup generators and re-directing them toward hybrid systems integrating solar power, hydrogen fuel cells and local energy sources.
Learn which cyber security threats affect the grid, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and Industrial Control Systems during the July 16th webinar, Cyber security of the SPIDERS Microgrid Network & How It Applies to the Industry at Large, and earn 1.5 PDHs. This webinar explores an overview of cyber security threats, the SPIDERS microgrid, Red Team exercises against the microgrid network. SCADA managers in the Energy Transmission & Distribution sectors, individuals involved in Industrial Control System networks, as well as DoD personnel and contractors responsible for DoD security, will be learning directly from industry experts, Fred Terry, Federal Cyber Security Practice Lead at Burns & McDonnell and Ross Roley, SPIDERS Operational Manager at the US Pacific Command.