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RiskSense CEO to Discuss Cyber Security Assurance for Critical Infrastructures at Offshore Technology Conference 2016
[May 02, 2016]

RiskSense CEO to Discuss Cyber Security Assurance for Critical Infrastructures at Offshore Technology Conference 2016


RiskSense, Inc.:





WHO:

 

Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala is co-founder and CEO of RiskSense and a former advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community. He is an expert on malware analytics, breach exposure management, Web application security, and enterprise risk reduction. Dr. Mukkamala was a lead researcher for CACTUS (Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the US) and holds a patent on Intelligent Agents for Distributed Intrusion (News - Alert) Detection System and Method of Practicing.

 

Moderators:

Douglas Hornaday, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Tim Richardson (News - Alert), Jupiter Research Foundation

 

Co-Panelists:

Andrew Howard, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Jeff Potter, Emerson (News - Alert) Process Management
Jonathan Pollet, Red Tiger Security
Roger Hill, Veracity Security Intelligence
Dawn Cappelli, Rockwell Automation (News - Alert)
 

WHAT:

Recent incidents in the Ukraine and the U.S. have confirmed that cyber-attacks pose a very real and ongoing threat to critical infrastructure, especially to energy-based businesses. Cyber security risk expert Dr. Mukkamala will join energy industry experts to discuss cyber risk management and mitigation, and emerging standards for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security assurance. The panel will explore how energy producers can monitor, mitigate, and address cyber threats that target their installations, including:
 

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  The most common security issues found in ICS security assessments

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Risk and threat mitigation strategies and technologies

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Emerging standards for ICS cyber security assurance

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Innovations in cyber defense technology for critical information protection
 

WHERE:

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2016, which is hosted at the NRG Park (formerly Reliant Park), 1 Reliant Pkwy, Houston, Texas 77054

For more info or to register, visit http://2016.otcnet.org/Content/Join-us-for-OTC-2016/1/

 

WHEN:

Thursday, May 5, 2016 from 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
 

HOW:

To schedule a conversation with Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala, contact Marc Gendron at [email protected] or 781-237-0341.

 

About OTC

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters. Founded in 1969, OTC's flagship conference is held annually at NRG Park (formerly Reliant Park) in Houston. OTC has expanded technically and globally with the Arctic Technology Conference, OTC Brasil, OTC Asia, and d5. OTC is sponsored by 13 industry organizations and societies, who work cooperatively to develop the technical program. OTC also has endorsing and supporting organizations.

About RiskSense

RiskSense, Inc., is the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management. The company enables enterprises and governments to unify and contextualize internal security intelligence and external threat data across the entire computing stack, then correlate the findings with business criticality to identify imminent cyber risks and prioritize remediation actions.

The company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) Platform transforms cyber risk management into a more pro-active, collaborative, and real-time discipline. The RiskSense Platform embodies the expertise and intimate knowledge gained from real world experience in defending critical networks from the world's most dangerous cyber adversaries. As former advisors to the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community, RiskSense founders developed Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the U.S. (CACTUS), Support Vectors Intrusion Detection, Behavior Risk Analysis of Vicious Executables (BRAVE), and the Strike Team Program.

By leveraging RiskSense cyber risk management solutions, organizations can significantly shorten time-to-remediation, increase operational efficiency, strengthen their security posture, improve cyber hygiene, heighten response readiness, reduce costs, and ultimately minimize cyber risks. For more information, please visit www.risksense.com.


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