Process Safety and Cyber security
Abhisam is pleased to announce that a new course “Cybersecurity for Process Safety Professionals” will be available soon. This course enables Process Safety Professionals to understand basic concepts of cybersecurity and incorporate cyber security considerations, such as cyber attacks on Industrial Control systems into the Safety Studies and Risk assessments that they carry out.
Abhisam GOLD Members and PLATINUM members will get access to the course as a part of their membership benefits.
Not a GOLD member yet? Check out the Abhisam GOLD membership benefits here.
Why should Process Safety professionals take this course?
This course is essential to take for all Process Safety professionals who are currently responsible for safety of process plants. It not only gives them a method to evaluate process safety in case of cyber incidents, but also gives them a background in basics of cyber security so that they can communicate easily with other disciplines such as Instrument and Control System engineers, Industrial Cybersecurity professionals and OT security professionals.
Legacy forms of HAZOP & What-If Studies may not address cyber risks
Currently most Process Safety related risk assessment methods (such as HAZOP Study or What-If) do not consider the possibility of the plant’s Control System (say a DCS or PLC or SCADA or similar system) or SIS (Safety Instrumented System) being disabled due to cyber attacks. This could lead to unwanted incidents such as loss of containment/releases or loss of control of the plant’s processes. This could lead to a large scale industrial disaster.
Key benefits of taking this course
Understanding cybersecurity and process safety together is important as today most Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Safety Instrumented Systems and similar systems are all computer based and therefore vulnerable to cyber attacks.
This course provides a methodology to carry out a security PHA (also referred to as a cyber PHA) using the Hazard and Operability Technique with additional fields for cybersecurity factors.
a) Review existing PHA/HAZOP studies from the cybersecurity point of view
b) Design safeguards that will work in spit of the DCS/PLC/SCADA/SIS being disabled due to a cyber attack
and thus reduce the probability of a disaster to a negligible level.
The same method can be used while carrying out Hazard and Risk Assessment for a new plant or project.
The course has several examples and cases where actual worksheets and working is demonstrated. Process animations make it even more easier to understand the concepts. Sample worksheets are being provided.
On completion of the course and passing the associated exam, participants earn a Certificate and an electronic badge that can be displayed online on portals such as LinkedIn.
How to enroll?
This course is not yet live, but will be released soon. It is a self paced course and you can do it all online at your pace.
For more information or to get an early bird discount, please contact us.
