About SCADAhacker
Joel Langill is The SCADAhacker. His expertise was developed over more than 25 years through in-depth, comprehensive industrial control systems architecture, product development, implementation, upgrade and remediation in a variety of roles covering manufacturing of consumer products, oil and gas including petroleum refining, automation solution sales and development, and system engineering. His employers include major companies such as General Electric, Shell Oil Company, Honeywell Process Solutions, and ENGlobal Automation, offering him a rare and insightful expertise in the risks and mitigation of cyber vulnerabilities in industrial control systems.
Joel's unique approach to security emphasizes the processes and people used to implement security programs, rather than relying solely on technology or "products". The best strategy for comprehensive security balances People, Processes and Products. His perspective has been sought and cited by numerous industry publications focused on both industrial automation and information security. Most recently he has played a central role in the analysis and implications of the Stuxnet worm, including new methods of mitigating current and future attacks on critical infrastructure.
In 2010 and 2011 prior to launching his own training curriculum, Joel served as the lead boot-camp instructor for InfoSec Institute's SCADA Security course. He is the Director of Critical Infrastructure and SCADA representative for the Cyber Security Forum Initiative, where he was a lead contributor to a report on the use of could in cyber warfare. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Penetration Test, Cisco Certified Network Associate, and TÜV Functional Safety Engineer. Joel is also a proud member of the Milwaukee Chapter of InfraGard.
Joel blogs on evaluation and security of SCADA and other industrial control systems, and is also a guest blogger with Byres Security. References are available upon request. Google references available by entering “joel langill cyber security stuxnet”
