(CS)2 AI Fellow Fireside Chat with Jonathan Pollet
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Amidst the escalating ransomware and cyber threats, coupled with the mounting pressure to adhere to evolving regulatory and security standards, executive leaders within organizations reliant on Operational Technology (OT) systems are compelled to articulate their strategic approach to safeguarding their OT systems from increasingly complex threats.
While securing industrial OT systems used to be decentralized and the responsibility of each plant manager, over the past 5 to 10 years, we have seen a noticeable shift in the industry to move the responsibility and ownership of cyber security to the CIO and those in leadership of the business IT cyber security systems.
However, due to the inherent differences in technology, personnel, and processes between the business IT environment and industrialized OT systems, a successful leader cannot simply impose their IT cyber security strategy and solutions upon the OT side of the organization without first understanding the unique operating constraints, current technology portfolio, processes in place, and cyber risks prevalent on the OT side.
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