IQPC`s SCADA & Control Systems Security Summit to Feature Speakers from NERC, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Pepco Holdings, Inc.

WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
The SCADA and Control Security Summit will address the need for compliance and
enhanced security across critical infrastructure industries. The event takes
place on December 7-9, 2009 and features industry leaders including government
agencies and utility companies.

Walt Boyes, Editor-in-Chief of Control Magazine and an Advisory Board Member for
the Repository of Industrial Security Incidents (RISI) recently spoke with IQPC
on their Blog Talk Radio Show about the SCADA industry. Walt discussed the
importance of what he called "functional security," which accounts for internal
programming mistakes and human error besides just hackers and outside attacks.
Walt talked about the NERC CIPS which will be addressed at the Summit, but
suggested that companies should focus not only on compliance with these new
regulations, but also on making their systems as secure as possible across all
levels. Walt will be a featured speaker at the Summit and will lead discussions
on Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Risk and Enhancing Cyber Security
with Best-in-Class Practices.

The SCADA and Control Security Summit will feature interactive sessions and real
world case studies specifically designed for the electric, water, oil and gas
industries and will facilitate highly focused stakeholder-driven dialogue and
peer networking opportunities to help protect your process controls and the
critical infrastructure they support from cyber threats.

For more information on this event, please visit www.scadasecuritysummit.com or
contact Samara Chughtai at samara.chughtai@iqpc.com or 212.885.2738.

IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to
grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across five
continents. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce a
cross industry portfolio of conferences.

IQPC
Samara Chughtai, 212-885-2738
samara.chughtai@iqpc.com

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