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 owner/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 2009 Fall Conference — November 3 - 5, 2009

The Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group 2009 Fall Conference will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on November 3-5, 2009 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This event will provide control systems stakeholders from industry, government, academia, international, vendor, and research and development communities with an opportunity to network and engage in discussions related to securing control systems.

Optional Tour on November 6, 2009. For those individuals interested, the Idaho National Laboratory will provide a 4 hour tour of the Experimental Breeder Reactor I, which is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark.

Register and Conference information.

Who should attend?

The ICSJWG Conference is open to all who are interested in learning more about cyber security issues facing critical infrastructure control systems. The ICSJWG Conference is an excellent resource for government professionals (federal, state, local, tribal, and international), control systems vendors and systems integrators, research and development and academic professionals, and asset owners and operators (management, engineering, production, IT, etc) to interface with cyber security peers and stay abreast with the latest initiatives impacting security for industrial control systems.

CALL FOR PAPERS - ICSJWG Annual Fall Conference

CLOSED – Abstracts for presentations or panels were to be submitted via the electronic form prior to August 17, 2009.

March 2009 ICSJWG meeting

The spring ICSJWG meeting in March 2009 was attended by representatives from both government and the private sector and representing several CIKR sectors. As a result of this meeting, the ICSJWG commissioned the formation of the following six subgroups:

Information Sharing Subgroup: The Information Sharing Subgroup will develop recommendations to facilitate greater information sharing of vulnerabilities and threats to control systems among industry, vendors, and public sector. The Subgroup will work to improve the vulnerability management processes and create incident reporting and handling guidance.

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 plan, coordinate, and develop a cross-sector roadmap to address cyber risk management within control systems environments.

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 identify existing industrial control systems security curricula and make recommendations to enhance or create a new curriculum. The subgroup will also evaluate certification programs for control systems security professionals and work to develop an outreach plan for the control systems security workforce.

ICSJWG Newsletters

July 2009

September 2009

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.