The Industrial Cybersecurity Center in Colombia

Team

Diego Andrés Zuluaga Urrea

Diego Andrés Zuluaga Urrea, Exc. MBA,CISM,CGEIT,CRISC, GICSP,CDPSE,CCICN ISO 27001 L.A. ISO 22301 I.A. Systems Engineer, Management Specialist and Executive MBA, Internationally certified in ICT risk and management, Privacy, information security and industrial control systems, With more than 20 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity and information systems security. industrial control and Integral Security. He […]

Claudio Caracciolo

He is Head of Platforms, Innovation and Talent. In addition to: General Coordinator for the Industrial Cybersecurity Center for LATAM (CCI-Es.org)· Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Auravant. Specialist Consultant of Information Security passionate about Social Engineering, Industrial Cybersecurity and CarHacking. Lecturer in the Cybersecurity Strategy and Management Diploma at UCEMA. Professor in the Postgraduate Program […]

Mr. Leonardo Huertas Calle, the Industrial Cibersecurity Center Coordinator in Colombia (CCI Coordinators Team), helps us to get in context of the state of the industrial cybersecurity in his country, and to do so, he shares with us his impressions.

He describes the level of sensitivity of industrial organizations in his country according to the following percentages:

He also affirms that the trend of recent years has exponentially grown.

Colombia counts with local and national public bodies promoting an adequate legal framework, in order to ensure the progressive incorporation of industrial cybersecurity measures in national presence companies (mainly critical infrastructure). The main organizations are:

  • Ciber Emergency Response Group of Colombia - colCERT
  • Cyber Joint Command - CCOC
  • Police Cyber Center - CCP
  • MINTICS
  • Ministry of National Defense

Among the main national laws and regulations affecting in this context in Colombia, Leonardo Huertas mentions:

  • CONPES 3701
  • Law 1273 2009
  • Law 1341 2009
  • Law 1621 of 2013 (Legal framework for intelligence functions performance and counterintelligence agencies & Databases Protection)
  • Decree 0032 of 2013 (creation of the Digital National Commission and State Information)

Analysing the most widely adopted industrial cybersecurity measures by Colombian organizations to protect industrial automation systems, Leonardo Huertas highlights the application of:

  • Industrial cybersecurity consulting / advisory
  • Ethical hacking
  • Implementation of safety management systems
  • Internal security audits
  • External security audits
  • Network design and architectures
  • Development of continuity and / or contingency plans
  • Industrial firewalls
  • SIEM (Security information and event management)
  • Industrial applications control

The CCI Coordinator in Colombia characterizes the industrial cybersecurity situation in his country with the following SWOT analysis:

Weaknesses

  • Lack of operational technologies certifications, processes and professionals

  • Lack of specific industry cybersecurity legislation

  • Lack of a solutions and services catalogue of industrial cybersecurity

  • Lack of specific CERTs

Strengths

  • Public organizations driven force (industry, national issues and defence).

  • Awareness, especially regarding industrial critical infrastructures

  • Frequent events and forums on industrial cybersecurity

Threats

  • Slow legislation

  • Shortage of local industrial cybersecurity professionals working for manufacturers

  • Shortage of specific industrial cybersecurity risk management tools

Opportunities

  • Increased of cibersecurity demand for Industry 4.0 and the Internet of things.

Activities

2nd Ibero-American Industrial Cybersecurity Congress: May 27th, 28th, Hotel Dann Carlton, Bogota (Colombia)

After the success of the first Ibero-American Industrial Cybersecurity Congress held in Madrid (Spain) on october 2nd and 3rd, 2013, with almost 200 attendees from different sectors of the industry, which  became the most relevant international reference in industrial cybersecurity during the last year, the Industrial Cybersecurity Center (CCI) organizes the second edition of the […]

CCI collaborates with the Latin America and Caribbean Oil & Gas Security Forum 2015

As a continuation of the collaboration between CCI and IRN, organizer of the event, the Industrial Cybersecurity Center is one of the partners of the next edition of this consolidated forum.

CCI held in Bogotá its first practical course addressed to the Responsible for Cybersecurity in Critical Industrial Infrastructures

CCI has held from November 30 to December 1, in Bogota, its first edition of the workshop to implement an Industrial Cybersecurity Management system based on both a risk analysis and a diagnosis of cybersecurity.

CCI held on November 29 in Colombia the meeting of “La Voz de Industria” with more and more prepared and more mature attendees

The Industrial Cybersecurity Center shared with the attendees a previous study on the recent situation of industrial cybersecurity in Colombia, in its fifth meeting this year in Latin America, which has allowed to know the advances in the Colombian industry in 2017, and its comparison with countries such as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Spain.

Excellent first meeting of The Voice of Industry held in Colombia last November 23

On November 23 we held our first meeting of The Voice of Industry in Latin America, specifically in Bogota (Colombia) as referring industrial site development. At this meeting the results of the Study of Industrial Cybersecurity occurred in Colombia, making an interesting comparison between the results obtained in Spain and Colombia. The full results of […]

How to face risks in the IT-OT Convergence (Ecosystem of Colombia)

In this webinar Diego Zuluaga, CCI coordinator for Colombia, Ignacio Álvarez and Belén Pérez, CCI experts who have participated in the Cybersecurity guide in the Life Cycle of an Industrial Digitization Project, will answer the following questions: – What are the main threats and vulnerabilities in IT-OT convergence? – How to reduce the risks of […]

The II Ibero-American Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity has been listed as “Super” for their organization and expert level

The II Ibero-American Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity has been listed as “Super” for their organization and expert level The conclusion of the Second Latin American Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity has been a success both attendance and content . For the first time in Ibero-American have come together in a common forum , representatives from all […]

XII International Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity in Latin America, celebrated on June 5 and 6, 2019

As a fundamental part of its activity, the Industrial Cybersecurity Center (CCI) celebrated its XII International Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity, in Latin America, one of the reference events for the European market, and a meeting point.

XIV International Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity in Latin America, held from October 27 to 29, in Virtual Format

As a fundamental part of its activity, the Center for Industrial Cybersecurity (CCI) has held its XIV International Congress on Industrial Cybersecurity in Latin America. Reference event for the Latin American market, and a meeting point and exchange of knowledge, experiences and relationships of all the actors involved in this field.

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