Shielding the Shop Floor: ICS/OT Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector
In an era where a single line of code can halt a production line across the globe, resilience isn’t just a goal—it’s a requirement for survival. Join us for an intensive, high-impact symposium dedicated to the unique challenges of ICS/OT cybersecurity within the manufacturing sector.
Why Attend?
The integration of IT and OT has opened unprecedented doors for efficiency, but it has also expanded the attack surface for bad actors. This symposium brings together frontline defenders, policy experts, and industry leaders to move beyond theoretical security and into battle-tested resilience.
Sessions
Safeguarding Manufacturing Business Continuity in the Face of Disaster
- The Strategy: Learn how to architect “fail-functional” systems that maintain core operations even during an active breach.
- The Focus: Bridging the gap between rapid incident response and long-term recovery to ensure your bottom line remains protected.
- Case Study Estonia: Resilience in the Face of Cyber Warfare
- The Deep Dive: Analyze the real-world tactics used by one of the world’s most digitally advanced nations to repel nation-state cyber aggression.
- The Takeaway: Actionable intelligence on how manufacturing hubs can adopt a “Digital Defense” posture modeled after Estonian infrastructure resilience.
Panel discussion: Manufacturing Uptime – Operational Continuity and Resilience in the Face of Emerging Threats
- Challenges:
- Supply Chain Intrusions
- AI-Powered Threats
- Ransomware tailored to Industrial Environments
- Malware impacting Safety Systems
- Strategies:
- Integrating IT/OT Strategies & Security
- Complying with ISA/IEC 62443 Standards
- Tabletop Exercises and Runbooks
- Implementing Strong IT/OT Segmentation and Zone/Conduit Design
- Continuous Monitoring and Anomaly Detection
Securing Brownfield Modernizations, Expansions, & Greenfield Builds in the Smart Manufacturing Era
What steps can you take to engineer a secure solution for brownfield sites that meets the increased business intelligence demand of the Smart Manufacturing era
How can your brownfield experience reasonably advance greenfield project design and implementation?
What are the uplift paths available for brownfields within your resource constraints?
- The Takeaway:
- We illustrate simple steps to secure Smart Manufacturing-ready sites based on our experience uplifting brownfield sites and through deliberate Secure-by-Design for Operational Technology (SbD4OT) at greenfield sites.
Applying Two Decades of OT Security Compliance to Protect Manufacturing Operations
Regulatory expectations for cybersecurity and operational resilience are increasing across manufacturing environments. Manufacturers must strengthen OT security in ways that protect uptime, safety, and production without adding unnecessary complexity. This session shares practical lessons from 20 years of OT security compliance experience across regulated industrial sectors.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Apply proven OT security compliance practices to modern manufacturing environments
- Move from checkbox compliance to proactive, operationally-aligned security
- Use centralized visibility and near real‑time risk insights to protect distributed industrial assets
Date April 1, 2026
Location All Online
Target Audience CISOs, Plant Managers, OT Engineers, and Risk Officers
Engagement Live “Deep Dive.” Ask the speakers and panelists questions live
> “In the manufacturing world, uptime is the only metric that matters. Cybersecurity is no longer an IT expense; it is the insurance policy for your physical output.”
Secure your Spot!
Don’t wait for a system alert to start thinking about defense. Join your peers in defining the future of industrial safety.
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