Providing practical cyber defense guidance for the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure control systems that power and support our daily lives.
Operating Technology, Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Services
THE ICS DEFENSE FORCE OVERWATCH PROGRAM
Expert-led rapid snapshots assessments, insights and check-ins, every month that strengthen OT/ICS network visibility, and industrial incident response readiness. That’s the ICS Defense Force Overwatch Program — delivering rapid insights, rapid action, and smarter ICS/OT cybersecurity — every month.
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Dean Parsons, B.Sc., CISSP, GICSP, GRID, GSLC, GCIA
Principal SANS Instructor, ICS 418 Co-Author & Instructor, ICS 515 Course Instructor, Critical Infrastructure & ICS (Industrial Control System) and Security Defender, Cybersecurity Leader & Practitioner - End to end cyber security defence.
Dean is the CEO and Principal Consultant of ICS Defense Force and brings over 20 years of technical and management experience to the classroom. He has worked in both Information Technology and Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Defense in critical infrastructure sectors such as telecommunications, electric generation, transmission, distribution, and oil & gas refineries, storage, and distribution, and water management.
Dean is an ambassador for defending industrial systems and an advocate for the safety, reliability, and cyber protection of critical infrastructure. His mission as an instructor is to empower each of his students, and he earnestly preaches that “Defense is Do-able!” Over the course of his career, Dean’s accomplishments include establishing entire ICS security programs for critical infrastructure sectors, successfully conducting industrial-grade incident response and tabletops, ICS digital forensics, and ICS/OT Cybersecurity assessments across multiple sectors.
As a SANS Principal Instructor, Dean teaches ICS515: ICS Visibility, Detection, and Response, is a co-author of the SANS course ICS418: ICS Security Essentials for Leaders and an author of SANS ICS Engineer Technical Awareness Training. Dean is a member of the SANS GIAC Advisory Board and holds many cybersecurity professional certifications including the GICSP, GRID, GSLC, and GCIA, as well as the CISSP®, and holds a BS in computer science.
