ÃÛÌÒAPP hosts CISA Region 6 ICS cybersecurity training workshop
ÃÛÌÒAPP hosted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Region 6 Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Training Workshop from April 15-18. This in-person event brought together professionals from critical infrastructure sectors including energy, utilities, manufacturing, banking, and healthcare to enhance their cybersecurity preparedness and build vital regional collaborations. 
The workshop was presented in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), whose coaches led a series of hands-on and technical courses focused on ICS-specific cybersecurity. The four-day event included Introduction to Control Systems Cybersecurity (101), Intermediate Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems (201 and 202), and CyberStrike: Lights Out, a Hands-on workshop for defending against an Operation Technology (OT) cyberattack.
Dr. Helen Lou, professor of chemical engineering at ÃÛÌÒAPP and the Director of the DOE-funded Center for Data Analytics and Cybersecurity (CDAC), noted the broader significance of the event.
“The main goals were to strengthen cybersecurity awareness and capabilities across the industrial control systems sector in CISA Region 6, support regional workforce development, and promote collaboration between industry, government, and academia.”
CISA Region 6 includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. According to Dr. Lou, hosting the workshop "positions ÃÛÌÒAPP and the Center for Data Analytics and Cybersecurity (CDAC) as the regional hub in industrial cybersecurity in Southeast Texas.”
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