Critical Infrastructure

Education Level: Intermediate

6219 - Internet Modernization Critical Infrastructure Impacts

Speaker(s)

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  Curtis Keliiaa, CISSP, IPv6 Gold Certified

  Senior Network Engineer / Principal Investigator
  Sandia National Laboratories

Internet modernization has significant impact in the 16 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-defined critical infrastructure sectors. Internet modernization is concurrent with industry control system (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) modernization. Impactful technical innovations include the internet of things, software-defined networks and network function virtualization, cloud computing, mobility and mobile networks. Impactful critical infrastructure innovations involve expansive growth in the IT and communications critical infrastructure sectors that facilitate rapid advances across all sectors. Simultaneous internet innovations are accelerating industry adoption of IP, version 6 (IPv6), coincident with IP, version 4 (IPv4) address end of life. Cyber safeguards and awareness in a shared call to action will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the impact of internet modernization across the 16 Department of Homeland Security-defined critical infrastructure sectors and how to address evolving operational and security needs.
• Understand the increased complexity of internet protocol modernization and how to address workforce development challenges.
• Understand the increased risk of internet protocol modernization and how risk mitigation can be managed.