Stopping an industrial control system for even twenty minutes rarely costs just twenty minutes of output — it can mean a ruined production batch, a damaged line, or a real safety incident on the factory floor. That is what makes industrial cybersecurity different from ordinary IT security.

As manufacturing, energy, oil and gas and logistics lean harder on SCADA and DCS systems, those systems become an increasingly attractive target — and one whose failure has consequences well beyond a data breach.

Arab British Fellowship Training Academy's "Securing Industrial Control Systems" course, built around U.S. best practice including NIST and ISA/IEC 62443, gives participants the technical and managerial grounding to defend these systems: recognising the threats specific to industrial environments, deploying the right protections, and building a team capable of keeping critical operations running through an attack.

Who Should Attend?

• Cybersecurity engineers and control systems specialists.
• IT and cybersecurity managers inside industrial companies.
• Operations supervisors and managers running manufacturing facilities.
• Technical support staff and engineering team leads working with industrial control systems.
• Consultants advising on industrial control systems and cybersecurity.

Knowledge and Benefits:

• Recognise the security risks specific to industrial control systems, and how they differ from standard IT risk.
• Apply effective, standards-aligned strategies to protect these systems from cyberattack.
• Use U.S. best practice — NIST and ISA/IEC 62443 — as the backbone of an industrial security programme.
• Assess system vulnerabilities and choose the right tools to close them.
• Build and lead a specialised security team capable of designing real-world solutions.
• Develop emergency response plans that keep operations running through an incident.

Module 1: Why Industrial Systems Are a Different Kind of Target

• How SCADA and DCS systems work, and why a breach here hits physical operations, not just data.
• The security challenges introduced by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Module 2: The Threat Landscape for Industrial Control Systems

• Ransomware, viruses and attacks targeting industrial communication networks.
• Rising exposure from both external attackers and internal misuse.

Module 3: Assessing Risk and Measuring Impact

• Techniques for assessing and prioritising security risk in industrial settings.
• Economic, operational and long-term consequences of a successful attack.

Module 4: U.S. Standards as the Security Backbone

• What NIST and ISA/IEC 62443 require of an industrial security programme.
• Turning standards into practical, auditable controls on the factory floor.

Module 5: Network and Endpoint Protection Techniques

• Firewalls, VPNs and layered defences purpose-built for industrial networks.
• Access control, user classification and protecting endpoint devices from internal threats.

Module 6: Encryption and Advanced Security Tooling

• Applying data encryption without disrupting real-time industrial processes.
• Multi-layered protection built specifically for SCADA systems.

Module 7: Testing Defences Before an Attacker Does

• Penetration testing and behavioural analysis of advanced attack patterns.
• Running real-time security tests without interrupting production.

Module 8: Building the Team and the Emergency Response Plan

• Defining roles, responsibilities and ongoing training for a security team.
• Coordinating with government agencies and testing response plans before they're needed.

Module 9: Monitoring, Analysis and AI-Assisted Decision-Making

• Using intrusion detection systems and network analysis tools for real-time monitoring.
• Applying AI to flag anomalies and support fast decisions during an incident.