Cyber Security – The Art of Protecting People From People In a
World of Bugs, Bots, & Bitcoins
Keynote: Dean Kovacs, Information Services Manager / Chief Information Officer, Energy Northwest
When: November 14th, 2017, 6 pm
Where: Red Lion Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland WA
Price: $20 for ANS-EWS members, $22 for non members
Join us for an interactive discussion on cyber security and its real world impacts in the electrical critical infrastructure sector. The discussion will start with a review of the successful cyber attack in 2015 that resulted in a power outage affecting more than 200,000 people. Based on this we will review the risks for nuclear reactors combined with the challenges in meeting regulatory requirements.
About the speaker:
Dean Kovacs has been the Chief Information Officer at Energy Northwest since 2015. Prior to that he was the supervisor of the Cyber Security program for Columbia Generating Station. Dean started at Energy Northwest in 1991 as a software application developer. For most of his career he was responsible for real time plant information systems, regulatory software applications, and cyber security. Dean is a graduate of WSU-Tri-Cities with a B.S. in Computer Science.
World of Bugs, Bots, & Bitcoins
Keynote: Dean Kovacs, Information Services Manager / Chief Information Officer, Energy Northwest
When: November 14th, 2017, 6 pm
Where: Red Lion Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland WA
Price: $20 for ANS-EWS members, $22 for non members
Join us for an interactive discussion on cyber security and its real world impacts in the electrical critical infrastructure sector. The discussion will start with a review of the successful cyber attack in 2015 that resulted in a power outage affecting more than 200,000 people. Based on this we will review the risks for nuclear reactors combined with the challenges in meeting regulatory requirements.
About the speaker:
Dean Kovacs has been the Chief Information Officer at Energy Northwest since 2015. Prior to that he was the supervisor of the Cyber Security program for Columbia Generating Station. Dean started at Energy Northwest in 1991 as a software application developer. For most of his career he was responsible for real time plant information systems, regulatory software applications, and cyber security. Dean is a graduate of WSU-Tri-Cities with a B.S. in Computer Science.