Overview
Registrations now open.
As a control system professional, you are expected to have an understanding of the vulnerabilities and threats that industrial control systems under your protection may be exposed to.
This course provides you with knowledge and skills to better defend your system services and applications.
It introduces you to techniques and tools that demonstrate how attackers may exploit system services and applications. Who should participate
This course is designed for people in the industrial control systems industry.
- Delivery
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Where:
QUT Gardens Point campus
2 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4001 When:The course runs for 5 days, and will be offered 4 times in 2013:
- 13-17 May 2013
- 24-28 June 2013
- 30 September - 4 October 2013
- 25-29 November 2013.
9 am - 5 pm each day.
- Cost
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$2,500 including:
- GST
- Course materials
- Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea.
- Contact
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For further information about course content or assessment, contact Dr Ernest Foo.
For all registration or payments queries, contact Office of Continuing Professional Education.
Details
Registrations now open.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit you should be able to:
- describe a wide range of vulnerabilities and threats to networked applications and systems
- define major requirements and techniques for developing, installing and configuring secure networked applications and systems
- recognise, analyse and describe threats to the security of information in a range of practical situations
- evaluate complex network systems through penetration testing to discover and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats
- discuss mitigation strategies for a range of vulnerabilities in networked systems and applications.
Content
Instructors will adjust topics according to your progress. These topics are indicative only:
- basic information security principles
- vulnerabilities, threats and risk management
- industrial control system and cyber security
- network vulnerabilities
- web-based vulnerabilities
- network discovery and vulnerability scanners
- exploit frameworks
- intrusion detection systems and firewalls
- red team blue team exercise
- CERT Australia presentation and briefing.
This course will be built around the Red Team Blue Team Exercise which will use QUT's state of the art industrial control system simulators.
Presenters
Dr Ernest Foo will present the course with the assistance of other academics and researchers from the Secure and Resilient Infrastructure theme in QUT's Institute of Future Environments.
Register
Registrations now open.
Payment
You must pay by credit card when you register.
We'll automatically email you an invoice showing zero outstanding. Please use this as proof of payment. If you need an official receipt, email the Office of Continuing Professional Education to request one.
FEE-HELP and HECS-HELP are not available for Continuing Professional Education courses.
Cancellation
To cancel your registration, you must apply in writing to the Course Manager at the Office of Continuing Professional Education.
If you cancel at least 10 business days before the course commences, you will receive a partial refund, i.e. the full fee minus a non-refundable $100 administration fee.
No registration refunds will be made within 10 business days of the course starting.
We reserve the right to cancel the course under certain circumstances, such as low registration numbers. If this happens, we will advise you as soon as possible, and give you a full refund. We are not responsible for any expenses you may have incurred if the course is cancelled.
