IEC 62443-2-4 documents “a comprehensive set of requirements for security capabilities for IACS service providers.” These requirements can be applied to integration or maintenance service providers and documents a framework for negotiations between asset owners and IACS service providers for cybersecurity requirements. This webinar will cover the structure and key concepts from the standard, as well as introduce the process of IEC 62443-2-4 certification, and the benefits that certification can provide to integration and maintenance service providers.
exida Recorded Webinars
Integration Cybersecurity: Understanding and Applying IEC 62443-2-4
Recording Date: February 2019
About the Presenter:
Patrick O'Brien
Patrick O’Brien is the Assistant Director of Engineering at exida, LLC, where he helps lead a team of engineers in delivering functional safety, cybersecurity, and alarm management services. He has led cybersecurity risk assessments, training courses, and other lifecycle activities for many different applications, including oil and gas, specialty chemical, critical infrastructure, machinery, and robotics. In addition to his cybersecurity role, he also provides consulting services in the areas of process safety, functional safety, and machine safety.
He is a coauthor of Implementing IEC 62443: A Pragmatic Approach to Cybersecurity and the principal author of the CCPS concept book Managing Cybersecurity in the Process Industries – A Risk-based Approach. Patrick represents exida on the International Society of Automation Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA). Mr. O’Brien graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in German Language and Culture.