While Utilities do their best to protect critical infrastructure providing water and wastewater services, they may not have the objectivity to find security flaws that could leave their utility exposed to malicious actors. Penetration testing services let Utilities evaluate the overall security of their industrial control systems.
In today’s cyber environment, it’s not a question of if a malicious actor will gain access to your systems. Utilities need to have an assumed breach mindset and focus on understanding how the malicious actor could cause damage within the environment. Equipped with this knowledge Utilities can implement cybersecurity controls and process design changes to mitigate the risk.
West Yost has partnered with Dragos whose mission is to protect the world’s most critical infrastructure and safeguard civilization. Dragos provides assumed breach penetration testing services specifically for industrial control systems. West Yost designs and implements industrial control systems for the water sector. Together we help Utilities identify their vulnerabilities and provide designs and implementation services to address any discovered cybersecurity weaknesses.
Team Spotlight
Joel Cox, GICSP, CCNA, GPEN
Engineering Technical Manager I (OTCR)
Joel Cox, GICSP, CCNA, GPEN
Engineering Technical Manager I (OTCR)
“As we see more and more attacks on critical infrastructure, I’m passionate about tracking the incident reports and the tactics, techniques, and procedures that are being used by the various actors. This allows me to continually educate our clients and look for new methods such as, Consequence-driven Cyber Informed Engineering, to mitigate the risks.
It’s only been a few years since the launch of the West Yost OTCR practice and I am proud to have contributed to successfully growing our team, expanding our client list and completing several client projects that have led to follow-on work. We have developed a reputation as one of the cybersecurity leaders for the water sector. This past year we announced two new partnerships with Dragos and Idaho National Labs (INL) that strengthens our ability to help protect civilization.”