Contributors

About the author

Austin Scott (GICSP, CISSP, OSCP) has nearly 20 years of industrial automation experience and is a principal industrial penetration tester at Dragos Inc., where he identifies cyber risks within industrial control networks. Prior to Dragos, Austin worked as part of the industrial cybersecurity team at Sempra, Shell, and as an industrial cybersecurity consultant at Accenture. Austin is a SANS Cybersecurity Difference Maker (2015) winner for his industrial cybersecurity contributions. In August 2018, Austin won the DEFCON ICS Village HACK THE PLAN(3)T competition and was awarded the DEFCON UBER black badge.

About the reviewers

Gus Serino is currently an Industrial Control System (ICS) / Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity consultant; the bulk of his career has focused on the engineering of industrial controls systems. Gus is a mechanical engineer who holds a professional engineering license in control systems and 20 years of experience in the design, implementation, management, and security of industrial controls systems. He has extensive experience in PLC programming, HMI development, ICS/OT networking, advanced troubleshooting, facility startup and testing, and implementing ICS cybersecurity controls. He holds an MA Water Treatment Operator's License, multiple GIAC Cyber Security certificates, is a member of the GIAC advisory board, and is passionate about controls systems and the security of critical infrastructure.

Javeria Parwani is an electronics engineer with 6 years of experience in the field of industrial automation. One of the few female engineers in this field, she has gained her experience by working in different parts of the world as an automation engineer, such as the UK, the Middle East, and Asia. She is a certified SCADA designer and a trained PLC engineer. As part of her job, she has delivered various projects for the Allen Bradley, Siemens, and Schneider PLCs. Having worked for many different industries, such as aerospace, manufacturing, district cooling, railways, and energy management, she has gained a great deal of experience.

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