Control Systems Security Program (CSSP)
Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) established the Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) to facilitate information sharing and reduce the risk to the nation’s industrial control systems.
The ICSJWG is a collaborative and coordinating body operating under the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) requirements. The ICSJWG provides a vehicle for communicating and partnering across all Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sectors (CIKR) between federal agencies and departments, as well as private asset owners/operators of industrial control systems. The goal of the ICSJWG is to continue and enhance the collaborative efforts of the industrial control systems stakeholder community in securing CIKR by accelerating the design, development, and deployment of secure industrial control systems.
ICSJWG Subgroups
ICSJWG Subgroups strive to address cybersecurity challenges; participation is encouraged!
The ICSJWG currently operates five subgroups which were formed to address specific cybersecurity challenges facing the industrial control system stakeholder community. Each subgroup has developed goals and milestones to address these challenges, and participation by contributing ideas, sharing information, or working toward solutions is encouraged. If you’d like to get involved and participate in these subgroups, please contact ICSJWG at ICSJWG@dhs.gov. Below is a brief description of each of the subgroups with links to their charters.
International Subgroup: The International Subgroup will focus on enhancing international collaboration, information sharing, and incident response by evaluating the challenges of sharing sensitive information between responsible national and government authorities.
Research and Development Subgroup: The Research and Development Subgroup will identify existing and planned R&D needs and priorities as they relate to industrial control systems and identify desired areas of ICS research not currently underway.
Roadmap to Secure Industrial Control Systems: The Roadmap to Secure ICS Subgroup will maintain the Cross-Sector Roadmap to address cyber risk management within control systems environments and will coordinate its use. The completed Cross-Sector Roadmap for Cybersecurity of Control Systems is available for review and use as a model for all Sectors.
Vendor Subgroup: The Vendor Subgroup will identify ways to improve information sharing between vendors, owners and operators, and other organizations involved in securing ICS. The Subgroup will create a more effective framework for cyber risk management within ICS environments.
Workforce Development Subgroup: The Workforce Development Subgroup will continue to identify existing industrial control systems security curricula and make recommendations to enhance or create a new curriculum. The subgroup will also continue to evaluate certification programs for control systems security professionals and work to develop an outreach plan for the control systems security workforce.
The Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) 2012 Spring Conference will be held on May 7 - 10, 2012, in Savannah, Georgia, USA at the Hyatt Regency Savannah. This event will include subgroup meetings held under the CIPAC framework, presentations, and training for control systems stakeholders from public and private organizations across the sectors. Click on the graphic to learn more about the conference.
Previous Conference Information
ICSJWG 2011 Fall Conference
ICSJWG 2011 Spring Conference
ICSJWG 2010 Fall Conference
ICSJWG 2010 Spring Conference
ICSJWG 2009 Fall Conference
ICSJWG Newsletters
As of July 2010, ICSJWG moved from publishing a monthly newsletter to a publishing a quarterly newsletter. This change in format allows us to include articles of interest from the ICSJWG community.
If you would like to submit a short article of general interest pertaining to control systems security, please send it to ICSJWG@dhs.gov for consideration. Submitted articles will be reviewed and approved by ICSJWG prior to publishing. The deadline for submissions for the March 2012 newsletter is February 21, 2012.
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Additional information
Please contact the Control Systems Security Program, ICSJWG Office at icsjwg@dhs.gov.
The Control Systems Security Program maintains the historical archives of the PCSF website to ensure continuity for the industrial control systems stakeholder community. The historical archives of the PCSF website can be found here.