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MIKE ASSANTE
(in memoriam 1971-2019)
SANS Institute
Director of Industrials and Infrastructure
Michael had a long an distinguished career in cybersecurity. Most recently he was the SANS lead for Industrial Control System (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) security and co-founder of NexDefense an Atlanta-based ICS security company. He also served as CSO of NERC, several high-level positions at Idaho National Labs, and CSO of American Electric Power. Mike passed away in 2019.
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