Safe water and clean water are essential for public health, ecosystem protection and economic strength. Supporting these important functions requires secure information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).
Gwinnet County Department of Water Resources understood the need to take proactive steps to protect this critical lifeline for their community. They invested in a modernization project to unify their SCADA platforms and bolster their cybersecurity posture across their water plants, waste water facilities and distribution facilities.
During this session, experts from Gwinnet County and Fortinet will
- Share the journey toward SCADA modernization and the implementation of a cybersecurity platform
- Review standard practices used to deploy a standard ICS architecture
- Discuss lessons learned through the modernization journey
Join Sam Paul from Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources as he shares their journey to segment and segregate their OT network – with a vision of standardize and modernizing their SCADA systems – including partnering with IT to embed cybersecurity into their ICS security plan. Hear from Fortinet ICS expert Carlos Sanchez as he speaks to the benefits of the Fortinet Security Fabric to simplify and streamline the cybersecurity needs for industrial control systems.