Cross-Domain Experience
I have spent more than 25 years supporting SCADA, OT/ICS and critical infrastructure across water, transport, oil and gas, and electricity. Today my work covers three connected areas: OT cybersecurity, SCADA engineering, and digitalisation and cloud.
They belong together. A cloud project is also a security project; a SCADA upgrade is the best chance you will get to fix the network; and a risk assessment is only useful if someone who understands the plant can say which controls will actually work there. Working across all three means advice that holds up in the control room as well as the boardroom.
Credentials
ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert is awarded for passing all four of ISA's IEC 62443 specialist certificates: fundamentals, risk assessment, design, and maintenance. I previously held AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
Things I Have Built
I publish free resources for people who work in OT. They are also a fair way to judge how I think before you get in touch.
- iec62443.auA practical reference guide to IEC 62443: every published part, security levels, the IACS lifecycle, and SOCI Act alignment.
- operationaltechnology.auA guide to operational technology in Australia: SCADA, DCS, PLCs, RTUs, industrial protocols and why OT security matters.
- design.iec62443.auA free zone and conduit designer for IEC 62443-3-2 and CLC/TS 50701 diagrams, with export to Visio and draw.io. Nothing is uploaded.
- scadamanager.comWhat managing a SCADA system well involves: asset register, change control, backups, patching, alarms, cybersecurity, remote access and vendor support.
- Geo SCADA toolsOpen-source utilities for Geo SCADA engineers on GitHub: log collection, mimic analysis, schema browsing, session mapping and more.
How I Work
Direct and independent
I trade as Adam Woodland Contracting (ABN 84 666 170 010), an independent consultancy, so you deal directly with the person doing the work.
Flexible engagements
Ad-hoc advice, short assessments, and medium or long-term engagements, on site or remote.
Based in Brisbane, working nationally
Based in Narangba, north of Brisbane, working with clients across Australia and, where the work suits remote delivery, internationally.
Practical outcomes
Reports written for the people who have to act on them, and prioritised plans sized to real budgets and outage windows.
What I Can Help With
- OT & IT CybersecurityThe full cybersecurity service: management systems, compliance, risk, architecture and training.
- SCADA & ICSSCADA design, integration, optimisation, custom development and training.
- Digitalisation & CloudCloud architecture on AWS and Azure, IoT and IIoT, edge processing and data value.
- Water UtilitiesSCADA, telemetry and OT security for water and wastewater utilities and councils.
Get in Touch
Call, email or connect on LinkedIn to talk about your project.