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Course Overview

Critical infrastructure—such as energy, water, transportation, and healthcare—is increasingly targeted by cyberattacks with potential to cause national disruption and public harm. Ensuring the security and resilience of these systems requires a proactive approach that integrates risk management, incident response, and compliance with international standards.

This Cybersecurity Resilience in Critical Infrastructure Training Course provides a comprehensive framework for protecting and defending essential systems. It covers industrial control system (ICS) and SCADA security, resilience planning, and global regulatory obligations.

Through case studies, simulations, and hands-on labs, participants will learn practical methods to mitigate risks, respond to incidents, and strengthen resilience in critical infrastructure environments.

Course Benefits

• Understand cyber risks in critical infrastructure.

• Apply frameworks for ICS and SCADA security.

• Strengthen resilience and incident response strategies.

• Align operations with global regulatory standards.

• Protect national security and essential services.

Course Objectives

• Explore the cyber threat landscape for critical infrastructure.

• Apply resilience frameworks to essential services.

• Secure ICS, SCADA, and operational technologies (OT).

• Design incident response and recovery strategies.

• Comply with NIST, ISO, and national standards.

• Analyze case studies of infrastructure cyberattacks.

• Build long-term resilience in critical sectors.

Training Methodology

The course blends expert-led lectures, industrial cybersecurity labs, scenario-based simulations, and group workshops. Participants will apply concepts to real-world infrastructure challenges.

Target Audience

• Critical infrastructure operators and managers.

• Cybersecurity and OT security professionals.

• Government and regulatory officials.

• Risk and resilience officers in essential services.

Target Competencies

• ICS and SCADA cybersecurity.

• Risk and resilience management.

• Incident response in critical sectors.

• Regulatory compliance and governance.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure

• Overview of global cyber risks to essential services.

• Nation-state and criminal targeting of infrastructure.

• Case studies of attacks on energy, water, and transport.

• Importance of resilience planning.

Unit 2: Securing ICS, SCADA, and OT Systems

• Vulnerabilities in operational technologies.

• ICS and SCADA security best practices.

• Network segmentation and access control.

• Hands-on lab: OT security configurations.

Unit 3: Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance

• NIST, ISO, and sector-specific standards.

• Regulatory obligations for infrastructure providers.

• Conducting infrastructure risk assessments.

• Workshop: applying resilience frameworks.

Unit 4: Incident Response and Recovery in Infrastructure

• Building incident response plans for OT environments.

• Coordinating with national agencies during crises.

• Recovery strategies after major cyber disruptions.

• Tabletop simulation: infrastructure cyberattack.

Unit 5: Building Long-Term Infrastructure Resilience

• Designing sustainable resilience frameworks.

• Cross-sector collaboration and information sharing.

• Future threats: AI, IoT, and quantum risks in OT.

• Developing a roadmap for national cyber resilience.

Ready to safeguard essential services and infrastructure?
Join the Cybersecurity Resilience in Critical Infrastructure Training Course with EuroQuest International Training and gain the expertise to protect vital systems and strengthen national security.