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Eric J. Byres

Eric Byres is internationally regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of SCADA and Industrial Security. As founder of the BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre, he shaped it into one of North America's leading academic facilities in the field of SCADA cyber-security, culminating in a SANS Institute Security Leadership Award in 2006.

As senior partner at Byres Research, Eric provides research and consulting services to government security agencies and major energy companies on cyber protection for critical infrastructures. He is also the chair of the ISA99 Security Technologies Working Group and is the Canadian representative for IEC TC65/WG10 standards effort for the protection of industrial facilities from cyber attack.

Eric’s achievements include testifying to the US Congress on the “Security of Industrial Control Systems in National Critical Infrastructures” as well as receiving numerous awards from the IEEE, ISA and SANS for his research on security solutions.