Day 3 A Survival Guide for the IT Pro Who Just Inherited OT Tom Sego, Founder & CEO at BlastWave In this session, we will ditch the academic frameworks and focus on the unwritten rules of surviving your first 90 days in OT without causing a safety incident. We will bridge the gap between IT’s "Patch Tuesday" and OT’s "Don’t Touch It" culture.

Day 3 When Expectations Meet Reality: The Anatomy of Cyber Incidents Affecting OT Organizations Kyle Alexander, Director of Cyber Security Services at Sygnia Tamir Margalit, Director of OT Security at Sygnia Real world incident response experience shows that many attacks against OT centric organizations unfold differently than expected. There are several key reasons why reality diverges from initial assumptions, and understanding these gaps offers critical lessons for strengthening operational resilience.

Day 3 Beyond the Fence Line: Securing the OT/Consumer Interface in the Age of DERs Brian Foster, Grid Security - Enterprise Sr Advisor at Southern California Edison Your OT perimeter is gone. It wasn’t breached by hackers; it was dismantled by EV chargers and smart inverters. As we connect critical infrastructure to consumer-grade IoT, the attack surface is expanding faster than we can patch. This session offers a survival guide for the decentralized grid. We’ll ditch the buzzwords to provide practical architectures for isolating "hostile" DERs, securing 3rd-party aggregators, and preventing load-shedding attacks. Secure the edge before it breaks you.

Day 3 Securing the Skies: Cybersecurity Challenges and AI-Driven Threats in Drone Operations Saman Zonouz, Associate Professor, Schools of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) & Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech As the role of drones in critical infrastructure expands, so does the attack surface, making them prime targets for cyber-attacks. Drawing from real-world incidents and cutting-edge research, we will explore adversarial tactics, nation-state attack strategies, and the cyber-physical implications of drone compromise. Leave with insights into innovative defense mechanisms, including AI-powered intrusion detection and resilient control algorithms tailored for drone security.

Day 3 Tooling Design for ICS/OT Security Roger Rademacher, Supervisor, Cyber Security Services, Foxguard, Kevin Kumpf, Chief OT / ICS Strategist, Kasm, Darren Highfill, Chief Executive Officer, ankrd When selecting a security solution, asset owners face questions about everything from technology to architecture to business model. How does an asset owner know whether they need a turnkey solution, a point offering, or to even outsource the entire function? This panel will take an in-depth look at how a couple of leading vendors engage with asset owners. This is about what happens after the contract is signed: it’s not just money that the asset owner needs to bring to the table. How does an asset owner find the right provider to create a successful partnership?

Day 3 Defending the Undefended: Practical Cybersecurity for OT Environments Dennis Lanahan, Senior Solutions Specialist, OPSWAT