Automation Engineering Survival Training (AEST)
2023-10-09 08:00 - 2023-10-13 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
Do you have what it takes to survive in the world of process automation?
Sharpen your process automation know-how with this intensive week of expert-led lecture and hands-on exercises covering practical, real-world automation survival skills.
Automation Engineering Survival Training is a unique process automation engineering experience designed to hone your process automation knowledge and skills. This intensive technical training boot camp for automation engineers combines lecture and hands-on labs with bonus features, including a plant tour to maximize your learning experience.
ISA’s seasoned “Survival Expert” will guide you through a fast-paced and rigorous course of topics from process measurement fundamentals through advanced automation, and everything in between! This course also serves as a solid introduction to other ISA engineering courses that can assist in the advancement of your process engineering career.
Promo code is HOUS2023.

CSE PE Exam Study Group Safety Systems Part 1
2023-10-11 18:00 - 20:00 | EDG Inc., 10777 Westheimer Rd #700, Houston, 77042, United States
For seven years, in the ten (10) weeks leading up to the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam for Control Systems Engineering (CSE), the ISA Houston Section has offered to help members prepare for the exam by hosting weekly study group sessions at a convenient local venue.
With a participant success rate of ~80%, the study sessions are a valuable tool in the licensing process since the NCEES board does not have any official study material for the CSE PE exam (http://ncees.org/exams/exam-preparation-materials/exam-prep-materials/)
To Register Use Form At Bottom Of This Page.

Safety Instrumented Systems: A Life-Cycle Approach (EC50)
2023-10-16 08:00 - 2023-10-20 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
This course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance and documentation requirements defined in the ISA 84 (IEC61511) standard.
This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Programs. You can register for the course only or for the certificate program which includes course and exam.
Those who successfully complete this course and pass the exam receive the designation of ISA84 SIS Fundamentals Specialist.
Promo code is HOUS2023.

CSE PE Exam Study Group Safety Systems Part 2
2023-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | EDG Inc., 10777 Westheimer Rd #700, Houston, 77042, United States

Advanced Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Selection (EC52)
2023-10-23 08:00 - 2023-10-24 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
This course focuses on further hands-on examples of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) selection using a variety of different techniques and providing more insight into the factors that determine risk reduction requirements. Students will be better able to save their companies time and money through the optimization of system performance requirements.This builds upon the foundation set in ISA’s EC50 (Safety Instrumented Systems-Design, Analysis, and Justification).
Certificate Program: This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program 2. You can register for the course only or for the certificate program which includes course and exam.
Please send an email to info@isa.org for further requirements for the exam. ISA Course Safety Instrumented Systems-Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50) or Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50E) and ISA Certificate Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program 1 are prerequisites for Certificate Program 2. Those who successfully complete this course and pass the exam receive the designation of ISA84 SIL Selection Specialist.
Promo code is HOUS2023.

Advanced Design and SIL Verification (EC54)
2023-10-25 08:00 - 2023-10-26 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
This course focuses on more detailed design issues and further hands-on examples of system analysis/modeling. Students will be better able to perform system design and analysis thus saving their companies time and money in optimizing system designs. This course will enable you to analyze any system technology and configuration to see if it will meet the required SIL (Safety Integrity Level) and determine if existing systems are safe enough, if they need to be upgraded, and whether proposed systems will meet the performance requirements. You will also be able to determine the optimum manual test interval for any system, saving your company time and money by not over- or under-testing systems.
Certificate Program: This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program 3. You can register for the course only or for the certificate program which includes course and exam. Please send an email to info@isa.org for further requirements for the exam. ISA Course Safety Instrumented Systems-Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50) or Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50E) and ISA Certificate Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program 1 are prerequisites for Certificate Program 3. Those who successfully complete this course and pass the certificate program exam receive the designation of ISA84 SIL Verification Specialist.
Promo code is HOUS2023.

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 1 - Jan 28 - Signals Transmissions and Networking Part 1
2025-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States
Location:

Microsoft (750 Town and Country Blvd #1000, Houston, TX 77024)
Hours:
6:00-8:00 pm (Tuesday nights) for 10 weeks
Here is the PE CSE study group schedule:
Week 1- Jan 28th – Signals Transmissions and Networking Part 1
Week 2 – Feb 4th – Signals Transmissions and Networking Part 2
Week 3 – Feb 11th – Final Elements Part 1
Week 4 – Feb 18th – Final Elements Part 2
Week 5 – Feb 25th – Safety Systems Part 1
Week 6 – March 4th – Safety Systems Part 2
Week 7 – Mar 11th – Measurements Part 1
Week 8 – Mar 18th – Measurements Part 2
Week 9 – Mar 25th – Control Systems Part 1
Week 10 – Apr 1st – Control Systems Part 2
Click Here To Register for PE CSE Practice Study Sessions
At the end of the practice study sessions, ISA Houston also offers the official ISA CSE PE Exam Review (EN00) training course at the same location (March 28, 29, and 30). Register here to sign up for that course:
Control Systems Engineer (CSE) PE Exam Review Course (EN00)
The actual PE CSE exam is scheduled for April 15.

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 2 - Feb 4 - Signals Transmissions and Networking Part 2
2025-02-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems (IC32)
2025-02-11 08:00 - 2025-02-12 16:00 | Burns McDonnell,1898 & Co., 1700 West Loop South, Houston, 77027, United States
Course #: IC32 | CEUs: 1.4 | Length: 2 days | Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | A certificate of completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful course completion.
Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems (IC32) provides a detailed look at how the ISA/IEC 62443 standards framework can be used to protect critical control systems. It also explores the procedural and technical differences between the security for traditional IT environments and those solutions appropriate for SCADA or plant floor environments.
With the move to using open standards, such as Ethernet, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and web technologies, in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and process control networks (PCN), systems are being exposed to the same cyberattacks facing corporate information systems, protecting control systems is more important than ever.

Certificate Program: This is a preparatory class for the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program. The course registration includes the fee for one exam.

Who Should Take IC32?

Control systems engineers and managers
System integrators
IT Engineers and managers at industrial facilities
Plant managers
Plant safety and risk management

Learning Objectives

Discuss the principles behind creating an effective long-term program security
Interpret the ISA/IEC 62443 industrial security framework and apply them to your operation
Define the basics of risk and vulnerability analysis methodologies
Describe the principles of security policy development
Explain the concepts of defense in depth and zone/conduit models of security
Analyze the current trends in industrial security incidents and methods hackers use to attack a system
Define the principles behind the key risk mitigation techniques, including anti-virus and patch management, firewalls and virtual private networks
Describe how secure software development strategies can make systems inherently more secure
Explain how systems security is verified

Topics Covered

Understanding the Current Industrial Security Environment

What is electronic security for industrial automation and control systems (IACSs)?
How IT and the plant floor are different and how they are the same

How Cyberattacks Happen

Understanding the threat sources
Steps to successful cyberattacks

Creating A Security Program

Critical factors for success

Understanding the ANSI/ISA-62443-2-1 (ANSI/ISA-99.02.01-2009), Security for industrial automation and control systems, Part 2-1: Establishing an industrial automation and control systems security program
Risk Analysis

Business rationale
Risk identification
Classification
Assessment

Addressing Risk with Security Policy, Organization, and Awareness

Cybersecurity management system scope
Organizational security
Staff training and security awareness

Addressing Risk with Selected Security Counter Measures

Personnel security
Physical and environmental security
Network segmentation
Access control

Addressing Risk with Implementation Measures

Risk management and implementation
System development and maintenance
Information and document management

Monitoring and Improving the CSMS

Compliance and review
Improve and maintain the cyber security management system (CSMS)

Validating or Verifying the Security of Systems

What is being done?
Developing secure products and systems

Exercise
PCAP live capture analysis

Resources Included*

ISA-62443-1-1-2007, Security for Industrial automation and control systems – Part 1-1: Terminology, concepts and models
ISA-62443-2-1 (99.02.01)-2009, Security for industrial automation and control systems – Part 2-1: Establishing an industrial automation and control systems security program
ISA-62443-3-3 (99.03.03)-2013, ISA-62443-3-3 (99.03.03)-2013, Security for industrial automation and control systems – Part 3-3: System security requirements and security levels

*PDF format only.

Recommended Prerequisites

There are no required prerequisites for taking this course; however, it is highly recommended that applicants have at least one to three years of experience in the cybersecurity field with some experience in an industrial setting. IC32 is a 14-hour boot camp-style class, and there is not much time to teach basic commands and cybersecurity.
ISA courses: TS07, TS12, or the equivalent knowledge/experience would be beneficial.
Note from the Instructor: One of the challenges I have had in teaching IC32 is students attending without any or limited knowledge of ISA courses TS07, TS12 or cybersecurity general principles.

Recommended Reading

Cybersecurity Library
“Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles,” Second Edition, by Ronald L. Krutz, PhD, PE

Not sure this particular course is for you? Take an IC32 knowledge check designed to evaluate your level of understanding of the course material and show you the types of questions you’ll be able to answer after completing the course.

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 3 - Feb 11 - Final Elements Part 1
2025-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 4 - Feb 18 - Final Elements Part 2
2025-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 5 - Feb 25 - Safety Systems Part 1
2025-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 6 - Mar 4 - Safety Systems Part 2
2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 7 - Mar 11 - Measurement Part 1
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 8 - Mar 18 - Measurement Part 2
2025-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session 9 - Mar 25 - Control Systems Part 1
2025-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Practice Study Sessions: Session10 - Apr 1 - Control Systems Part 2
2025-04-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States

ISA/IEC 62443 - Using the ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Secure Your Control Systems (IC32)
2025-05-05 08:00 - 2025-05-06 16:00, 2025-09-08 08:00 - 2025-09-09 16:00 | Rockwell, 575 N Dairy Ashford Rd, Unit 300, Houston, TX, 77079, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)

A detailed look at how the ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity standards protect critical industrial control systems, the procedural and technical differences between IT and OT cybersecurity, and the various security ramifications of the move to open systems.
Certification of Completion: A Certificate of Completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.
Certificate Program: Part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Your course registration includes your registration for the exam.

ISA/IEC 62443 - Assessing the Cybersecurity of New or Existing IACS Systems (IC33)
2025-05-07 08:00 - 2025-05-09 16:00, 2025-09-10 08:00 - 2025-09-11 16:00 | Rockwell, 575 N Dairy Ashford Rd, Unit 300, Houston, TX, 77079, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
The first phase in the IACS Cybersecurity Lifecycle is to identify and document IACS assets and perform a cybersecurity vulnerability and risk assessment in order to identify and understand the high-risk vulnerabilities that require mitigation. Per ISA 62443-2-1 these assessments need to be performed on both new (i.e. greenfield) and existing (i.e. brownfield) applications. Part of the assessment process involves developing a zone and conduit model of the system, identifying security level targets, and documenting the cybersecurity requirements into a cybersecurity requirements specification (CRS).
This course will provide students with the information and skills to assess the cybersecurity of a new or existing IACS and to develop a cybersecurity requirements specification that can be used to document the cybersecurity requirements the project.
Certificate Program: Part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Your course registration includes your registration for the exam.
Certification of Completion: A Certificate of Completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

ISA/IEC 62443 - IACS Cybersecurity Operations & Maintenance (IC37)
2025-05-19 08:00 - 2025-05-21 16:00 | Rockwell, 575 N Dairy Ashford Rd, Unit 300, Houston, TX, 77079, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
This course focuses on the information and skills needed to detect and troubleshoot potential cybersecurity events as well as the skills to maintain the security level of an operating system throughout its lifecycle.
A certificate of completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

ISA Technician Training Boot Camp (TTBC)
2025-06-02 08:00 - 2025-06-06 17:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
ISA Technician Training Boot Camp combines a unique technical training course with minimum lecture and maximum hands-on experience. Over 75% of your time will be spent on equipment labs!
This week of intensive training will cover a broad range of technical topics needed to get the job done right. Starting with basic instrumentation fundamentals and ending with the advanced and ultimate in smart technology, this comprehensive program will serve as a vital building block to your professional development and skills enhancement efforts. This course also serves as a solid introduction to other ISA courses that will help you advance your automation and control career.
5-Day Intensive Hands-on Training Curriculum

Instrumentation Basics
Calibration and Maintenance
Digital (Smart) Transmitters
Control Valves, Positioners, and DVCs
Tuning and Troubleshooting Control Systems

PDHs: 36
4.5 days: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Thursday; 8:00am-12:00pm Friday (local time)

ISA/IEC 62443 - IACS Cybersecurity Design & Implementation (IC34)
2025-06-09 08:00 - 2025-06-11 16:00 | Burns McDonnell,1898 & Co., 1700 West Loop South, Houston, 77027, United States
This course focuses on the information and skills needed to select and implement cybersecurity countermeasures for a new or existing IACS to achieve the target security level assigned to each IACS zone or conduit.
Certificate Program: Part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Your course registration includes your registration for the exam.

ISA Automation Engineering Survival Training Course (AEST)
2025-06-09 08:00 - 2025-06-13 17:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)

Do you have what it takes to survive in the world of process automation?
Sharpen your process automation know-how with this intensive week of expert-led lecture and hands-on exercises covering practical, real-world automation survival skills.
Automation Engineering Survival Training is a unique process automation engineering experience designed to hone your process automation knowledge and skills. This intensive technical training boot camp for automation engineers combines lecture and hands-on labs with bonus features, including a plant tour to maximize your learning experience.
ISA’s seasoned “Survival Expert” will guide you through a fast-paced and rigorous course of topics from process measurement fundamentals through advanced automation, and everything in between! This course also serves as a solid introduction to other ISA engineering courses that can assist in the advancement of your process engineering career.

4.5 days: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Thursday; 8:00am-12:00pm Friday (local time)

Intensive Hands-On Training Curriculum
PDHs: 36

ISA Safety Instrumented Systems: A Life-Cycle Approach Course (EC50)
2025-06-16 08:00 - 2025-06-20 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
Safety Instrumented Systems: A Lifecycle Approach (EC50) focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems (SIS) for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels (SILs) and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance and documentation requirements defined in the ISA/IEC 61511 (ISA 84) standard.
A certificate of completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

ISA Advanced Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Selection Course (EC52)
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-24 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
This course focuses on hands-on examples of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) selection explores a variety of techniques that provide insight into the factors that determine risk reduction requirements. EC52 builds upon the foundation set in ISA’s Safety Instrumented Systems-Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50). Pass the exam and earn the ISA/IEC 61511 SIS Selection Specialist Certificate designation.
A certificate of completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful course completion.

ISA Advanced Design and SIL Verification Course (EC54)
2025-06-25 08:00 - 2025-06-26 16:00 | Kenexis, 15995 N Barkers Lndg Rd Ste 143 Houston, TX 77079-2418, Houston, TX, 77079-2418, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
EC54 focuses on detailed design issues and hands-on examples of system analysis/modeling. Students will be better able to perform system design and analysis thus saving their companies time and money in optimizing system designs. Learn to analyze any system technology and configuration to see if it will meet the required SIL (Safety Integrity Level) and determine if existing systems are safe enough, if they need to be upgraded, and whether proposed systems will meet the performance requirements.
A certificate of completion indicating the total number of CEUs earned will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

Certified Automation Professional (CAP) Exam Review Course (EC00)(Discount Code HOUS2025)
2025-07-14 08:00 - 2025-07-16 16:00 | Microsoft Corporate Office, 750 Town and Country Blvd Suite #1000, Houston, TX, 77494, United States
This course reviews the knowledge and skills areas included on the CAP examination.The intent is to prepare an automation professional who meets the exam criteria to take the exam. The content is based on the Job Analysis Domains, Tasks, Knowledge Areas, and Skill Areas developed as the basis for the CAP certification exam.
The ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification is a mark of career excellence that affirms your commitment to quality and demonstrates your expertise and knowledge of automation and controls. ISA CAP certification provides you with a non-biased, third-party, objective assessment and confirmation of your skills and expertise as an automation professional.

ISA/IEC 62443 - IACS Cybersecurity Design & Implementation (IC34)
2025-09-17 08:00 - 2025-09-19 16:00 | Rockwell, 575 N Dairy Ashford Rd, Unit 300, Houston, TX, 77079, United States
(Discount code HOUS2025)
The second phase in the IACS Cybersecurity Lifecycle (defined in ISA/IEC 62443-1-1) focuses on the activities associated with the design and implementation of IACS cybersecurity countermeasures. This involves the selection of appropriate countermeasures based upon their security level capability and the nature of the threats and vulnerabilities identified in the Assess phase. This phase also includes cybersecurity acceptance testing of the integrated solution, in order to validate countermeasures are properly implemented and that the IACS has achieved the target security level.
This course will provide students with the information and skills to select and implement cybersecurity countermeasures for a new or existing IACS in order to achieve the target security level assigned to each IACS zone or conduit. Additionally, students will learn how to develop and execute test plans to verify that the cybersecurity of an IACS solution has properly satisfied the objectives in the cybersecurity requirements specification.
Certificate Program: Part of the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Your course registration includes your registration for the exam.
