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GICSP
Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
Industrial/OT security
1ICS Architecture and Components
1.1Reference models and network segmentation
1.2PLCs, RTUs, HMIs and historians
1.3Industrial protocols
2OT Risk and Governance
2.1ICS risk assessment
2.2Standards such as IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82
2.3Safety and availability constraints
3ICS Security Controls
3.1Access control and remote access
3.2Patching and configuration in OT
3.3Network monitoring for ICS
4ICS Operations and Response
4.1Incident response in OT environments
4.2Backup and recovery
4.3Vendor and supply chain management
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