“Nothing beats working in the field, a very wide field with a varied customer base. When you see a lot, you learn a lot.”
Jeffrey A. Shearer, CISSP, PMP — Technical Director / Founder
Contributing to the Industrial Cybersecurity field in a meaningful way is my goal. The word “meaningful” can be interpreted in many different ways, but to me nothing is meaningful unless it impacts the most important resource we have — people. If we don’t impact people through education, we’ve failed.
Industrial Network & Security Architecture Design
As a contributing member of the Rockwell Automation and Cisco Systems Converged Plantwide Ethernet team for three years, these validated network and security documents have impacted many corporations in their migration strategies and new network and security designs.
Application Security
Working at Rockwell Automation for over twenty-three years has afforded the opportunity to work with a wide variety of customer applications, and to affect the security features found within the Rockwell Automation design software suite — including being named on a security patent. Security is an ever-evolving field, and we continue to enable innovation in the Industrial Cybersecurity space.
Industrial Software Assurance
Software Assurance has been defined as “the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner.” We’re advancing the Industrial Software Assurance field by working with our customers on their coding practices to reduce errors and unintended machine behavior.
Featured Industrial Cybersecurity Speaker
Featured Industrial Cybersecurity speaker and Advisory Board member for venues focused on educating attendees about Industrial Cybersecurity. These summits and educational venues included leading technical education sessions, overall industrial security state-of-the-union talks, and panel participation to answer impromptu questions from the audience. We also support industry interviews and blogs.