My S4 Interview with Marty Edwards, Director of ICS-CERT
Dale Peterson
ICS Security Catalyst, Founder of S4 Events, Consultant, Speaker, Podcaster, Get my newsletter friday.dale-peterson.com/signup
I interviewed Marty Edwards, who leads the ICS cyber security effort at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on the Main Stage at S4x16 in Miami South Beach.
The first 6 minutes introduce Marty and clarify what ICS-CERT does (it's much more than a CERT).
6:50 What are ICS-CERT's goals / metrics / measures of success?
9:05 What is the purpose of DHS doing ICS assessments? and 13:13 If this assessment program is the best way to make a difference, why wouldn't you scale it up by a factor of 1000 or more?
17:00 How do you (ICS-CERT) decide what incidents require a response team from DHS to get involved?
22:26 Are most of the incidents ICS-CERT responses to on the corporate network?
26:20 Why is DHS providing free training, assessment, incident response and other services for large companies when a commercial capability exists?
29:20 How well do the higher levels of the US Government, in all branches, understand the ICS cyber security problem?
33:52 A discussion on how ICS-CERT handles the CERT activities.