Process control cybersecurity training for the DCS and PLC control room - 1 day in the classroom or 4 hours online, covering network architecture, access control, user IDs, and virus protection, finishing with a completion certificate.
The SEC600 course teaches process control engineers, supervisors, managers, DCS/PLC technicians and operators, and laboratory technicians to secure industrial control systems against unauthorized access, hackers, and malicious attackers. Known formally as PiControl's Process Control Software, Hardware and Cyber Security course, SEC600 runs as 1 day of classroom training or 4 hours online, with no prerequisites required.
Modern process control systems must be protected against threats that can bring down an entire control network: viruses and worms, unauthorized personnel, competitors or contractors with temporary access, and gaps in user ID and password management. SEC600 walks through network architecture, access control for new and departing employees and contractors, control room and magnetic card access, and the security forms needed to get management sign-off, so control system management and staff can protect data, protect the control system, and keep operations safe and reliable.
SEC600 focuses on the process control system security concepts that matter most in the control room, and helps staff the control systems team correctly so security is properly enforced at the plant. The course also discusses the security forms used to get signatures from various staff members for facilitating security enforcement - forms attendees can put to use at the plant immediately after the course.
The course covers the following topics.
Once these topics are complete, control system management and staff have both the technical grounding and the ready-to-use forms needed to enforce security policy at the plant.
SEC600 is built for the people responsible for process control system security in the plant: process control engineers, supervisors, managers, DCS/PLC technicians and operators, and laboratory technicians. There are no prerequisites, so the course is suitable for professionals at every level, including those new to process control systems or cybersecurity.
Learn to secure DCS/PLC network architecture and the L0-L4 model, and develop the security forms and management approval process needed to enforce policy at the plant.
Gain practical control room access, password, and user ID practices that prevent unauthorized access to DCS and PLC configuration on the console.
Build the vocabulary and judgment to protect proprietary data, satisfy licensor requirements, and justify cybersecurity investment to management, without needing to administer the network directly.
SEC600 also suits full teams from a single plant. Group participation works well when a plant is standing up a control systems security team or preparing for a formal process control audit, and companies use the course to build the signature-ready forms and approval authority security enforcement requires. Onsite corporate training is available on request so a team develops its security plan around its own control room.
SEC600 attendees receive a PiControl SEC600 Completion Certificate, which supports professional development records and can be added to a resume or LinkedIn profile. The course introduces concepts aligned with major standards such as NIST and IEC 62443 without functioning as a certification exam, and pairs the theory with security forms attendees can use directly at the plant to get management sign-off.
Engineers who want to pair cybersecurity awareness with control logic and instrumentation training often take SEC600 alongside PID100 or PiControl's DCS platform training, since those courses cover configuration and tuning while SEC600 ensures the systems they build stay protected.
Short answers to the questions engineers ask most before enrolling in the SEC600 ICS cybersecurity course.
Register for SEC600 to give your process control team the security concepts, access control practices, and ready-to-use forms needed to protect your DCS or PLC network, with a completion certificate on finishing. Online, 1-day classroom, and onsite formats are available, so teams in any location or time zone can start, or return to the full training catalog.
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