One James River Plaza, 1B Auditorium
701 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Please join us to hear Tobias Whitney, Cyber Security Compliance Manager – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), as he provides us with an informative presentation on Cyber Security. Mr. Whitney has over 15 years of energy security and audit experience and his role at NERC is to lead the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Compliance Audit Oversight function, facilitate and provide administrative support to the CIP Compliance Working Group while providing CIP subject matter expertise as a compliance liaison to the Standards Drafting Team. His responsibilities include integrating cyber security requirements into substations, control centers, power plants and smart grid technologies. He has successfully delivered numerous cyber security projects and is a past member of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and NERC’s Control System Security Working Group. He has been an active participant at NERC CIPC and subcommittee meetings since 2004 and was a core member of the Cyber Attack Task Force in 2011.
Meeting Specifics:
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014
Location: One James River Plaza, Auditorium at 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Time: Networking begins at 5:30 p.m.; program begins at 6:00 p.m.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at aabe@dom.com.
This event is sponsored by the Virginia Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), and is open to all. For more information about AABE, you can visit the national website here. Specific details about the Virginia Chapter can be found here. You may also “Like” our Facebook page at: Virginia Chapter of AABE Facebook page.
Please email us at aabe@dom.com if you have suggestions for future guest speakers, topics, or activities.
We look forward to seeing you!
Thank you,
Drexel Harris
President – AABE Virginia Chapter
Contact:
Tiffany Werts
aabe@dom.com