Protecting the Critical National Infrastructure from Cyber Attack: The Requirements & Research Questions

Kevin Jones

28Nov
13:00 28th November 2014 ( week 7, Michaelmas Term 2014 )
Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building

Securing the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) from Cyber Attack is the focus of significant global research amongst a background of increased attack vectors and growing interest from governments worldwide. This talk provides an introduction to the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that underpin CNI and provides an insight into the requirements and constrains facing cyber security of such safety critical systems.

The aim is to foster discussion and opportunities through; the use of real-world examples, an overview of the SCADA cyber security problem space, and current research directions including ongoing activities within Airbus Group Innovations and the wider active community.

Speaker bio

Dr Kevin Jones, is the Research Team Leader for Airbus Group Innovations Cyber Operations. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Distributed Systems Integration from De Montfort University, Leicester where he also obtained his PhD: A Trust Based Approach to Mobile Multi-Agent System Security in 2010.

He is active in the cyber security research community and holds a number of patents within the domain. He has many years experience in consultancy to aid organisations in achieving accreditation to ISO27001 standard on Information Security Management and still acts as an internal consultant to the Airbus Group on matters of cyber security across multiple domains and platforms.

Kevin's current research interests include; Risk Assessments, Security Architectures, and Cyber Operations in ICS/SCADA systems underpinning Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). He currently chairs the International Symposium for Industrial Control System Cyber Security Research in addition to a number of working groups within this domain. He is a Member of the BCS, IEEE, and ISC2 and accredited as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and ISO27001 Lead Auditor.