ICS Hardening Workshop: Fast Track
RCCE students will learn Industrial Control System security including PLC programming security, DCS architecture protection, safety instrumented system integrity, industrial protocol analysis, and ICS-specific incident response. RCCE students will learn to assess ICS environments for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, implement defense-in-depth for industrial control networks, monitor ICS communications for unauthorized commands, detect and respond to attacks targeting programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems, maintain safety system integrity during cyber incidents, apply ICS security standards including IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82, and bridge the gap between IT security teams and OT operations staff. This hands-on hardening course focuses on reducing attack surface through practical configuration changes and security guardrails. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to apply hardening baselines, validate configurations, and measure the security improvement achieved. Students walk away with actionable hardening checklists and the skills to maintain hardened configurations as environments evolve.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing ICS Hardening Workshop: Fast Track
- Execute hands-on tasks for industrial control system security & configuration hardening
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Execute hands-on tasks for hands-on focus — covering PLC programming security fundamentals, Hardening baselines for ICS environments.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for control system components — covering Sensors convert physical measurements.
- Execute hands-on tasks for communication layers — covering Field bus connects sensors to controllers.
- Execute hands-on tasks for plc vulnerabilities — covering Default credentials on programming ports.
- Execute hands-on tasks for plc hardening controls — covering Enable CPU access password protection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for risk: unsecured plcs — covering Attackers can upload malicious logic.
- Execute hands-on tasks for outcome: hardened plcs — covering All changes authenticated and logged.
- Execute hands-on tasks for plc access control configuration
| Module 01 | Industrial Control System Security & Configuration Hardening |
| Module 02 | Course Overview |
| Module 03 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 04 | Hands-On Focus |
| Module 05 | ICS Architecture Fundamentals |
| Module 06 | Control System Components |
| Module 07 | Communication Layers |
| Module 08 | PLC Vulnerabilities |
| Module 09 | PLC Hardening Controls |
| Module 10 | Risk: Unsecured PLCs |
| Module 11 | Outcome: Hardened PLCs |
| Module 12 | PLC Access Control Configuration |
| Module 13 | Authentication Layers |
| Module 14 | Communication Hardening |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice ics hardening workshop: fast track by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for industrial control system security & configuration hardening
- Lab 2: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for hands-on focus
- Lab 5: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for ICS Hardening Workshop: Fast Track, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI