CECIP Workshops and Registration

Cybersecurity Education in Critical Infrastructure Protection Workshops

The Center for Information Assurance will offer a series of professional development workshops to the general public in order to spread awareness of the importance of Cybersecurity Education in Critical Infrastructure Protection. These workshops will cover a wide variety of topics and are outlined below.

❖ Smart Grid Security Workshop

The Smart Grid Cybersecurity (SGC) course will be developed to cover various cybersecurity issues and their solutions to smart grid and power delivery systems. The topics include, but are not limited to, smart grid, micro-grid, renewable energy sources, various cyber-attacks namely device attack, data attack, privacy attack and network availability attack, communication networks, demand response, smart communication delay and its mitigation technique, power quality, reliability, phasor measurement unit (PMU), remote terminal unit (RTU) anomaly detection, security and privacy policies.

Point of Contact: Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta
Number: 901.678.4147
E-mail: ddasgupt@memphis.edu

Registration Status: Retired
Workshop Report: SGS - March 2022
CLARK Module: CECIP - Smart Grid Security

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Schedule

Workshop Information:
Date: March 25, 2022
Time: 12 PM – 5 PM
Location: University of Memphis - FedEx Institute of Technology
Sponsored by NCAE Grant

❖Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Workshop

This topic will cover a wide variety of fundamental concepts with real-world examples and scenarios to help provide knowledge, understanding, and capacity for effective cyber incident awareness, analysis and response across different disciplines and professional sectors.

Point of Contact: Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta
Number: 901.678.4147
E-mail: ddasgupt@memphis.edu

Registration Status: Retired
Workshop Report: CCIP - April 2022
CLARK Module: CECIP - Zero Trust

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Schedule

Workshop Information:
Date: April 1, 2022
Time: 12 PM – 5 PM
Location: University of Memphis - Fogelman College of Business
Sponsored by NCAE Grant

❖ IoT Security

This workshop will have a hybrid format and be held jointly by North Carolina A&T State University and The University of Memphis. It will cover the security and ethical issues of the vast implementation of smart devices. The major goal of this course is expose students to new developments in the areas of cybersecurity for IoT. It will cover the following topics: Communication and networking in IoT, Real-time data collection and analysis in IoT, Security threats and techniques in IoT, Data trustworthiness and privacy in IoT, Relevant case studies of IoT security vulnerabilities and attacks, and mitigation controls, etc.

Point of Contact: Dr. Kaushik Roy
Number: (336) 285 3691
E-mail: kroy@ncat.edu

Registration Status: Retired
CLARK Module: CECIP - IoT Security (under review)

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Schedule

Workshop Information:
Date: Sept. 23, 2022
Time: 9 AM – 2:30 PM EST
Location: North Carolina A&T State University/University of Memphis
Sponsored by NCAE Grant

Please contact Dr. Kaushik Roy of North Carolina A&T State University, if you have any questions regarding this workshop.

❖ ICS-RE Security, Threat Intelligence, & Cybersecurity Maturity Model Compliance

This component of the CECIP project consists of a series of in-person courses that will be held on the campuses of the University of West Florida and Indian River State College. Some of the courses in the series are Industrial Control Systems and Renewable Energy (ICS-RE) Security, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Compliance, NERC-CIP Standards and Compliance, ICS-RE Threat Intelligence, and several Faculty Development Workshops.

Registration Status: Retired
CLARK Module: CECIP: ICS-RE Security (under review)

Please contact Dr. Guillermo Francia of the University of West Florida, if you have any questions regarding this workshop.

❖ Cybersecurity Education for Critical Infrastructure Protection

Held at The Citadel College, this workshop will cover the security issues associated with cyber physical systems and IoT devices. The major goal of this workshop is to expose students to case studies and tabletop exercises associated with critical infrastructure protection.

Point of Contact: Dr. Shankar Banik
Number: TBD
E-mail: baniks1@citadel.edu

Flyer & Registration Status: Retired
CLARK Module: CECIP: Cyber-Physical Systems (forthcoming)

Workshop Information:
Date: October 19-20, 2023
Time: TBD
Location: The Citadel College: Swain Boating Center - Charleston, SC
Sponsored by NCAE Grant