exida comes on board as sponsor of 2013 ISA Water/Wastewater Symposium

The symposium committee is pleased to announce that exida has come on board as a sponsor for the upcoming 2013 ISA Water / Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium. The 2013 symposium will be taking place Aug 6-8, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Orlando-Universal Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Founded in 1999 with offices around the world, exida (www.exida.com) is a system consulting, product test and assessment agency rich with functional safety & security expertise and experience.  Exida has a long history in the water/wastewater sector performing security and cybersecurity assessments for a wide variety of automated control systems including SCADA, DCS, and proprietary controllers.

“Cybersecurity is a growing and import aspect of keeping our global water infrastructure up and running in a reliable and cost efficient manner.  We are pleased to be involved with this year’s 2013 WWAC symposium,” says John Cusimano, director of exida’s security services division, “We encourage plant operators to attend this year’s symposium to learn about the importance of putting in place an effective cybersecurity risk management program at their facilities.”

In addition to speaking at the symposium, John Cusimano will also be the instructor for the optional two-day in depth cyber security course that is being offered in conjunction with this year’s symposium. See the training courses page for more information.

The symposium committee is pleased to welcome exida as a sponsor of this year’s 2013 symposium. More information about sponsoring the symposium can be found on the sponsorship & exhibitor information page.

About GrahamNasby

Graham Nasby, P.Eng., PMP, CAP is a project manager and automation engineer who lives in Guelph, Ontario Canada where he is the Water SCADA & Security Specialist for the City of Guelph Waterworks. Graham was the chair of the 2012 and 2013 ISA water/wastewater symposiums, and is currently the editor of the ISA Water/Wastewater newsletter. He can be contacted at www.grahamnasby.com