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Derek Harp

Derek Harp

Founder and Chairman

Derek Harp is an industry leader in Industrial Control System cyber security and he has worked tirelessly to educate and guide companies in their journey to achieving cyber resilience. Mr. Harp is the founder and Chairman of Control System Cyber Security Association International (CS2AI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local practitioner peer groups around the globe. Other accomplishments include co-founding and growing the ICS business at the SANS Institute and serving as a founder, CEO, or advisor of early-stage companies for the last 20 years with a frequent focus on cybersecurity.

Shifting Tides in IIoT Security

I’ve been writing about OT cybersecurity for a while and, although a consistent part of the message is that the overall level of risk is high and rising, some positive developments should be acknowledged.  In particular,…

The Value of ICS Security

Nearly every presentation I give has at least a few audience members acknowledging to me that they weren’t really conscious of their own reliance on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in so many aspects of their daily…