Workshop Details:

Date
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Location Name
Mill 19 - Carnegie Mellon University
Full Address
4501 Lytle Street
Building A
Pittsburgh, PA 15207
United States

Agenda:

  • 12:00 pm Arrivals and Lunch
  • 12:30 pm Welcome / Fortinet OT Overview, Vision and Strategy
  • 1:00 pm Defense in Depth Using the Fortinet Security Fabric
  • 1:30 pm Break
  • 1:45 pm Hands-On Workshop
  • 3:45 pm Closing Remarks

What You'll Learn:

  • Traditional and modern segmentation methods for operational environments including the risks associated with a flat network architecture.
  • Segmentation practices to support compliance with NIST, IEC 62443 and other operational cybersecurity frameworks.
  • Applying and enforcing access control policies with the FortiGate Next Generation Firewall.
  • Dynamically assigning role-based controls to group applications, link data, and limit access to specific groups in order to fortify OT defenses providing fine-grained control that adjusts access based on continuously assessing the trust of devices and users.
  • Configure virtual patching through IPS and industrial protocol visibility and security, plus implementing deception techniques to protect OT.

Presenter:

Chad Ciszewski
Systems Engineer
Fortinet

Chad is a Systems Engineer for Majors Enterprise accounts at Fortinet. Based in Canonsburg, PA, Chad began his career at Bayer, working up to Network Protection Team Lead, while spending time in the LAN, WAN, WLAN and Storage groups beforehand. After Bayer, Chad moved to an MSSP in Robinson Township, PA, before going to Mylan as a Security Engineer. He began at Reed Smith after Mylan as a Network Analyst, soon taking on the LAN, WLAN, WAN, Netscaler and NAC responsibilities while supporting the Security Team’s rollout of new firewall technologies. Chad has previously worked for Check Point and Palo Alto Networks and has been with Fortinet since May of 2023. While at Fortinet, his focus has primarily been on SASE and OT Technologies following in his prior career path. In his spare time, he is an avid gamer, comic book collector, enjoys spending time with his fiancé, 3 children and 3 dogs as well as riding his Harley. He assists in coaching his youngest son’s termite tackle football team and considers himself an amateur chef.