CENELEC TS 50701 – Rail Cyber Security Training

About the Course

‘If it is not secure, it is unlikely to be safe’:

UK Department for Transport

The railway sector is facing a new challenge: the Network Information Security (NIS) regulations. According to a 2020 survey by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), only 33% of rail operators of essential services (OES) have fully implemented defensive measures against cyber attacks, as recommended by NIS regulations. This places their software under serious risk, not to mention their lack of compliance with the new regulations.

When security breaches occur, the ripple effect throughout an organisation can be vast, with consequences that are both financial and personal. There may also be implications concerning system safety and resilience.

This CENELEC Rail Cyber Security training is an introduction to the major themes of cybersecurity and will start you on a journey to the creation of a secure rail operation. After taking this course, you will be able to communicate effectively, make informed trade-offs, assess risk, improve defences, and reduce vulnerabilities in your systems.

This program is based upon the new railway cybersecurity-specific CENELEC standards, TS50701 and best practices from other OT and IT Cybersecurity benchmarks such as ISO27001, IEC 624423 and the Australian Standard® AS 7770 Rail Cyber Security.

Our experts will answer questions and provide advice throughout the course via interactive live online sessions and the learning management system.

Who Will Benefit

This blended CENELEC TS50701 rail cyber security online course is for railway business leaders, managers, railway inspectors, railway legislators, safety professionals, planners, information technology (IT) professionals, resilience specialists and railway engineers tasked with making decisions that could impact the cyber resilience of technical and organisational systems.

The course is focused more towards railway Operational technology (OT), although it also covers IT issues, particularly their security risks and strategies from ISO-27001. No prior knowledge of cybersecurity is required for this course.

Key Learning Objectives

• What is Cybersecurity? Putting it into the context of railway and transportation
• Identify the threats and vulnerabilities (such as cybersecurity, safety and availability)
• Develop mitigation actions for threats and vulnerabilities and recovery from potential consequences
• Cybersecurity: What standards are available for dealing with threats
• An understanding of TS70101 and how it can improve cybersecurity across the entire railway

Course Information

Instructional Delivery Method: Schedule Digital
Prerequisite & Advanced Preparation: Reading material will be sent prior to the course 

Delivered by Dr Howard Parkinson

Howard is a chartered engineer with over 20 years of experience in the international railway industry, more recently as an independent consultant, researcher and trainer.

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