January 13, 2008 - Wurldtech Security Technologies announced that Dr. Nate Kube has been selected to join the European WIB Plant Security Working Group as their industrial cyber security subject matter expert." Dr. Kube is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of industrial control systems security, formal testing and certification program development and brings an impressive breadth of experience to help drive our security efforts for the end-user community," said Ted Angevaare, Working Group Chairman & Global Security Leader At Shell.
"We are extremely happy to have him join our team and look forward to his contributions." The WIB is an international instrument users association that provides process instrumentation evaluation and assessment services for, and on behalf of, its members which includes leading energy companies such as BP, Shell, Areva, and Total. In 2007, the plant security working group was formed to address the challenges of its member community with a focus on the development of international cyber security standards and the creation of security certification guidelines to drive security improvements throughout network infrastructure supply chains."
The WIB Plant Security Working Group is taking a very intelligent approach to addressing the cyber security challenges of the operator community and I am pleased to be a part of this initiative," added Kube, CTO of Wurldtech Security Technologies. "It is refreshing to finally see an effort driven by a strong end-user mandate with a benefit-driven focus which I believe will lead to significant advancements in a very short period of time." Kube is the co-founder and CTO of Wurldtech Security Technologies, where he leads the company's technology innovation group to improve the safety and security of global critical infrastructures.
A thought-leader on control systems security and critical infrastructure protection, Kube is also a sought-after speaker who lectures frequently to private and public audiences around the world.
