Critical Infrastructure Security Expert
British Columbia, Canada
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- CEO at Byres Security Inc.
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- Director - Industrial Cyber Security at Wurldtech Analytics Inc.
- Research Faculty & Manager of BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre at BCIT
- Engineering Manager at Artemis Industrial Networking Ltd.
- Project Engineer at ABBA Automation Limited
- Education
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- University of British Columbia
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Eric Byres’s Summary
Recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the field of Critical Infrastructure Security, Eric Byres has been responsible for numerous standards, best practices and innovations for data communications/controls systems security in industrial environments.
Eric’s work in Industrial Cyber Security spans both the academic and industry domains. As the founder of the BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre, he shaped it into one of North America's leading academic facilities in the SCADA cyber-security, culminating in a SANS Institute Security Leadership Award in 2006. At the same time, Eric has provided security guidance to government security agencies, major oil companies and power utilities on cyber protection for critical infrastructures. Eric is also the chair of the ISA SP-99 Security Technologies Working Group, and the Canadian representative for IEC TC65/WG10, standards effort focusing on the development of international framework for the protection of process facilities from cyber attack.
Some of Eric’s achievements include testifying to the US Congress on the “Security of Industrial Control Systems in National Critical Infrastructures” as well as receiving awards from international organizations. These include the IEEE Outstanding Industry Applications Article Prize in September 2000, the 2004 “Donald P. Eckman Education Award” and the 2005 “Keith Otto Award” presented by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA).
Eric Byres’s Specialties:
Critical infrastructure and industrial cyber-security research, design of communications and controls systems in industrial environments
Eric Byres’s Experience
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CEO
Byres Security Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
CEO of Byres Security Inc, a firm specializing in the development of technologies for securing SCADA and industrial control systems in critical infrastructures such as Oil and Gas Production, Electricial Transmission and Distribution and Water/Waste Water handling.
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Director - Industrial Cyber Security
Wurldtech Analytics Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
Director of the Industrial Cyber Security Division, responsible for best practices and technology research for data communications and control system security in industrial environments.
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Research Faculty & Manager of BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre
BCIT
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
August 2000 — May 2006 (5 years 10 months)
- Research leader for industrial cyber security testing, design and policy projects conducted on the behalf of major petro-chemical companies, the power industry and government agencies around the world.
- Research leader for the SCADA Security Test Platform Project, the distributed SCADA Firewalls Project and the SCADA Firewalls Best Practices Project.
- Instigated the Industrial Security Incident Database (ISID), a tracking system for monitoring cyber security events impacting SCADA and process control systems.
- Managed the design, implementation and startup of the GAIT Internet Engineering Laboratory (IEL), a facility specializing in networking and security research.
- Responsible for research teams in studies of system security, quality of service (QoS), industrial network design and fieldbus economics. -
Engineering Manager
Artemis Industrial Networking Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Industrial Automation industry)
May 1989 — March 2000 (10 years 11 months)
- Responsible for the engineering of the fiber optic communications networks in eight pulp & paper mills across Canada. These systems provide the foundation for all controls and computer communications for both process and business needs in the mills. Included design of the hardware configurations for redundant switching, design of fiber optics in harsh environments and configuration of network management systems.
- Developed standards and testing procedures for Rockwell Automation for various communications drivers in the PanelView product line.
- Developed an analysis and troubleshooting methodology for industrial networks including Allen-Bradley, Fisher Provox, Modicon, and Foxboro control systems. This technology has been used in industrial sites across North America.
- Developed and presented training programs for Artemis clients on PLC/DCS Engineering and Industrial Data Communications -
Project Engineer
ABBA Automation Limited
(Computer & Network Security industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years)
Eric Byres’s Education
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University of British Columbia
BASc, Engineering, September 1978 — May 1981
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Eric Byres’s Groups:
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC
Advanced Systems Institute (ASI)- Research Fellow
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - Senior Member
Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA)- Chair of SP-99/WG1 Security Technologies Working Group
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IT and Automation
Eric Byres’s Honors:
March 2006 - SANS Leadership Award for Contributions to the Security of National Infrastructures
October 2004 - Instrumentation, Systems, & Automation Society (ISA) Donald P. Eckman Education Award
May 2004 - British Columbia Institute of Technology -
Recipient of the BCIT Applied Research Award for 2003
October 2003 - U.S. House of Representatives- Testified on “Security of Industrial Control Systems in National Critical Infrastructures”
January 2003 - ISA Industrial Security Conference - Selected as Conference Chair
January 2002 - Advanced Systems Institute (ASI) - Awarded fellowship for industrial network security research
October 2001 - IEEE Industrial Applications Society - Awarded “Outstanding Industry Application Article of 2000” for the paper Designing Secure Networks for Industrial Control
June 1999 - IEEE Pulp and Paper Conference -
Awarded “Best Overall Conference Paper for 1999”
January 1999 - ISA InTech Magazine - Nominated for best technical article of 1998
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