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The Industrial Cybersecurity Center in Venezuela

Team

Freddy Macho

Freddy Macho

Freddy is a professional with extensive experience, an expert in Information Security and Cybersecurity, with management and creation of Security Testing, Cyber Plan & Design, Security Audit, Strategic Security Consulting and Data Protection services. Experience of more than 20 years, developed in 15 countries on 4 continents. Management of multidisciplinary senior level teams. Creation and […]
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Claudio Caracciolo

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 […]
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Mr. Freddy Macho, the Industrial Cibersecurity Center Coordinator in Venezuela (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 remained unchanged.

Venezuela 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:

  • Ministry of the Popular Power of Petroleum and Mining
  • Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Energy
  • SUSCERTE
  • Forensic Informatics Expertise Services (CENIF in Spanish)
  • Telematic Incident Management Services (VenCERT in Spanish)

Among the main national laws and regulations affecting in this context in Venezuela, Freddy mentions:

  • There is no specific law that covers Cybersecurity in industrial areas
  • Law on Protection of the Privacy of Communications
  • Copyright Law of August 14, 1993
  • Decree with Force of Law 1,204 on Data Messages and Electronic Signatures of February 10, 2001.
  • Law 48 of September 4, 2001. Special against Computer Crimes

Analysing the most widely adopted industrial cybersecurity measures by Venezuela's organizations to protect industrial automation systems, Freddy highlights the application of:

  • Industrial Cybersecurity Consulting / Advisory
  • Ethical Hacking
  • Internal Security Audits
  • Design and Architectures of Networks
  • Conventional firewalls
  • IDS/IPS
  • Encrypted Communications
  • Whitelisting
  • Antivirus

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

Debilidades

  • Lack of operational technologies certifications, processes and professionals

  • Lack of specific industry cybersecurity legislation

  • Lack of events and forums on industrial cybersecurity Lack of a solutions and services catalogue of industrial cybersecurity

  • Lack of a catalog of solutions and services in industrial cybersecurity

Fortalezas

  • Existence of specific CERTs for Industrial Cybersecurity
Amenazas

  • High development of industrial applications without cybersecurity requirements

  • Slow legislation

  • Shortage of specific industrial cybersecurity risk management tools

Oportunidades

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

  • Advantage with the lessons learned from smart grid cibersecurity.

  • Strategic position in the industrial cyber security sector Other

Activities

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

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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