IEEE Colloquium: Wally Magda
CEO and Owner of WallyDotBiz LLC
Tuesday, November 19
3:30–4:30 PM
Online
Title: "How Do We Keep the Lights On When Everyone Has Access To The Switch?"
Abstract: As global tensions intensify; how do we keep the lights on when everyone with an internet connection has access to the switch? Whenever you flip on a light switch, you are calling upon the most complex and dynamic machine ever built, to deliver you just the right amount of electricity to power your home. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of other people and businesses across North America call upon that same machine for the same service. When you think about it this way, it is quite remarkable that you can depend on consistent reliable access to electricity. This doesn’t happen by accident. How does it all work so well (most of the time)? Who is responsible for that machine? Who is protecting it? We will take a short journey describing the North American electric machine, how it works, how it is split up, how it can be broken, and how we are protecting it. We will attempt to avoid technical electric jargon and regulatory politics as much as possible.
Wally Magda is an internationally recognized cyber and physical security expert for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS). His deep security experience spans military nuclear missile command and control systems, intelligence agencies and enterprise security. Wally’s IACS career began as an Instrumentation, Control and Electrical (ICE) Technician. He then progressed to managing control systems as a process control engineer. Seeing the need for security professionals with a background in control systems he stepped into the enterprise level security realm. Wally has conducted numerous cyber and physical security assessments for electric, natural gas, chemical, LNG and manufacturing facilities. As an independant contractor, Wally brings his passion and unique experience into conducting cyber and physical security training courses and assessments specific to IACS.
Register for the webinar here: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417499