Ben Miller, Director of Threat Operations for Dragos, Inc., will discuss nation state attacks on energy delivery systems. Mr. Miller will delve into the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of nation state attacks and the likely impact of such attacks. Mr. Miller will also provide insights into how nation state attacks work as well as a brief glimpse of what is in store for the cybersecurity future of energy delivery systems.

Ben leads Dragos' team of analysts in performing active defense, threat hunting, incident response, and malware analysis missions for the industrial community inside of ICS/SCADA networks.

Previously the Associate Director, Electricity Information Sharing & Analysis Center (Electricity ISAC), Ben led cyber analysis for the sector. He and his team focused on leading-edge cyber activities as they relate to the North American bulk electric system. Ben has been recognized as instrumental in building new capabilities in information sharing and analytics at the E-ISAC. Prior to that, he built and led a team focused on Network Security Monitoring, forensics, and incident response at a Fortune 150 energy firm. His team received numerous accolades from industry and law enforcement. Ben also implemented a CIP project with various enterprise-wide mitigation programs.

Ben has over 18 years’ experience and currently holds the CISSP and GIAC GREM certifications. He served as a member of the NERC Cyber Attack Task Force, a panel member of the NBISE Advanced Defender panel, and adviser on CI Advanced Defender Training program.