IEEE Power and Energy Society
	Phoenix Chapter

Abstract:

Substation systems deliver information and also automate a number of tasks that streamline operations and performance. Often the performance advantages come with an additional concern, cybersecurity. The good news is cybersecurity is relatively straightforward and often exists in the existing feature sets of equipment already in service. This talk provided engineers simple steps to take to enhance security.

Biography:

Dwight Anderson, GSEC, received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Steven’s Institute of Technology. He is now the security product manager for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Pullman, Washington. Prior to joining SEL in 2005, he worked twenty years for Hewlett-Packard as an aerospace and defense business development manager and systems engineer working on projects ranging from electronic warfare countermeasures to SCADA system programming. He recently became a member of the FBI InfraGard forum regarding the exchange of information related to critical infrastructure protection. He has received his Global Information Assurance Certification Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) for IT managers and security professionals. He has published a number of technical articles and most recently published an article in the UTC Journal regarding the effect to SCADA channel bandwidth when adding encryption.

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