Information Technology (IT) Security aims to safely and securely protect business information technology systems, industrial automation and control systems and the intersection of the two. With increasingly complex and subtle attack threat vectors on businesses, the IT Security Information Sharing Network provides chemical industry professionals working with either of these critical systems an opportunity to address these anticipate and mitigate potential issues. The Network serves as a forum for companies to share information related to IT Security, address application methods for managing industrial information technology and leverage information and lessons learned from participating companies in order to effectively and efficiently address future risks.
Key focus areas for global information sharing include:
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Compliance and risk management
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Industry practices for mitigating cyber attacks and maintaining industrial IT management
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Technologies designed to improve the state of operations and support industrial information technology systems
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Coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies and establishing working relationships with similar groups in other industries
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Process controls and manufacturing information technology security
Members of this network gather for bi-monthly meetings through conference calls, web meetings or webinars as well as two in person meetings per year in conjunction with ACC’s ChemSecure Conference and the ChemITC Annual Conference.