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Monday, March 9:
Welcome & Keynote: Connect
Dale Peterson
Thursday, March 12:
Connect For Industrial DataOps
Aron Semle
Monday, March 16:
A Richter Scale For OT Security Incidents
Dale Peterson, Kelly Jackson Higgins, Munish Walther-Puri & Robert Hanson
Thursday, March 19:
Great Debate: CRA
Sarah Fluchs & Sam Miorelli
Monday, March 23:
OT Visibility Is Overated
Bryson Bort
Thursday, March 26:
Securing The Diversity In Universal Theme Park’s Ride & Show Network
Luis Alves
Monday, March 30:
Case Study: Operationalizing Multi-Source Threat Intelligence
Alex Waitkus
Thursday, April 2:
The Future With ISO 22373 for Trustworthy OT Supply Chains
Aliza Maftun
Monday, April 6:
Systemic Security Issues In “SoftPLCs”
Diego Giubertoni
Thursday, April 9:
Emerging Markets OT Security Regulation
Sheila Casserly
Monday, April 13:
Closing The Cyber Physical Risk Capital Gap In Insurance
Neil Arklie
Thursday, April 16:
Building FrostyGoop With The Help Of AI
Jimmy Wylie
Monday, April 20:
Orchestration for OT at Scale
Adam Koch
Thursday, April 23:
Cyber Detection Initiated Safety And Protection
Felipe Costa
Monday, April 27:
Industrial DevOps For Velocity and Resilience
Adam Gluck
Thursday, April 30:
Operation Grim Beeper: A Cyber-Physical Attack
Raphael Arakelian
Monday, May 4:
What OT Can Learn From FinTech On Product Security For SaaS
Maggie Morganti
Thursday, May 7:
Calculating Return On Mitigation
Hector Perez
Monday, May 11:
Gaming With Metrics To Achieve An OT Security Program
Teemu Kumpulainen
Thursday, May 14:
Understanding and Securing Unified Name Space (UNS)
Jeff Smith
Monday, May 18:
Distress Tolerance In Your Job, Life, & OT System
Shireen Rizvi
Thursday, May 21:
Honeypots For Threat Intelligence
Daniel dos Santos
Monday, May 25:
OT Threat Predictions For The Next 1 – 3 Years
John Hultquist
Thursday, May 28:
Generating Malicious OT Data To Train and Test Systems
Dan Gunter
Monday, June 1:
How Complete Is Your Asset Visibility? A Metrics Answer
Grant Geyer
Thursday, June 4:
A Converged Actor Framework
Mike Holcomb
Monday, June 8:
Current and Predicted Market Impact of the US Cyber Trust Mark
Jean Camp
Thursday, June 11:
Does DPI In Industrial Firewalls Actually Work?
Tony Turner
Monday, June 15:
Great Debate: Human In The Loop?
Marissa Morales Rodriguez & Jalal Bouhdada
Thursday, June 18:
What Risk Have You Accepted In A Company Acquisition?
Jacob Marzloff
Monday, June 22:
OT SecOps Or Bust
Adam Robbie
Thursday, June 25:
Creating The OT Security AI Data Model & Data Fabric
Devin McCrate
Monday, June 29:
The Impact Of Regulation On Multinational Companies
Trevor Rudolph; Ryan Rathbun; Dale Peterson
Thursday, July 2:
3 Step Success Story In Semiconductors
Terence Liu
Monday, July 6:
S4 Legend Interview: Mark Weatherford
Mark Weatherford & Danielle Jablanski
Thursday, July 9:
Poland 2025: Attack on the Electric System
Phil Tonkin
Monday, July 13:
Fireside Chat: Katie Jereza Of The US Dept. Of Energy
Katie Jereza & Dale Peterson
Thursday, July 16:
EU CRA Terms and Terminology … What They Mean For Compliance
Ben Morgan
Monday, July 20:
Game Show: My Favorite Metric!
Dale Peterson
Thursday, July 23:
Identifying And Overcoming Cognitive Bias In Detection Systems
Nicole Carignan
Monday, July 27:
Extending Zero Trust To Your Vendors OR When Managed Security Services Fail
Tom Grusendorf
Thursday, July 30:
Is the World Ready for Cloud-based Autonomous Control System Operations?
Kenny Mesker
Monday, August 3:
POC Pavilion Analysis & Outcomes
Kyle Miller & Dale Peterson
Thursday, August 6:
How Did Team Atlanta Win The DARPA AI Cyber Challenge?
Andrew Chin
Monday, August 10:
S4 Closing Panel
Dale Peterson, Ralph Langner, Megan Samford & Zach Tudor
Thursday, August 13:
A Technical Solution for Internet-Exposed OT Assets
Michael Pyle
Monday, August 17:
AI Analysis of OT Packets For SOC Analysts
Rashi Sharma
Thursday, August 20:
Cybersecurity Advisories: Still Carving Stone While AI Writes Code
Christian Schroeder
Monday, August 24:
Recognizing & Analyzing Compiled AI In OT Binaries & Firmware
Jason Kramer
Thursday, August 27:
OT Warriors Lock It Down
Daryl Haegley
Monday, August 31:
Comms Architecture & Security For Complex Energy Ecosystems
Sara Bavarian
Thursday, September 3:
Measuring And Reducing Maintenance Debt
Esther Shira Stepansky
Monday, September 7:
Harmonics and Oscillations and Boom
Brian Foster
Thursday, September 10:
Case Study: Collaborative Water Utility Security Program In Massachusetts
Gus Serino
Monday, September 14:
Droning About The Supply Chain
Ron Brash
Thursday, September 17:
Procurement: Addressing Risk Before It Is Purchased
Jason Rivera
Monday, September 21:
Dynamic Response In Secure Remote Access
Raed Albuliwi
Thursday, September 24:
DNP3’s New Authorization Management Protocol
Andrew West
Monday, September 28:
The Closing Panel In Prime Time
Dale Peterson, Megan Samford, Ralph Langner & Zach Tudor
Thursday, October 1:
Maritime: Compliance Risk Trumping OT Cyber Risk
Michael DeVolld
Facts Only
Monday, March 9: Welcome & Keynote: Connect - Dale Peterson
Thursday, March 12: Connect For Industrial DataOps - Aron Semle
Monday, March 16: A Richter Scale For OT Security Incidents - Dale Peterson, Kelly Jackson Higgins, Munish Walther-Puri & Robert Hanson
Thursday, March 19: Great Debate: CRA - Sarah Fluchs & Sam Miorelli
Monday, March 23: OT Visibility Is Overrated - Bryson Bort
Thursday, March 26: Securing The Diversity In Universal Theme Park’s Ride & Show Network - Luis Alves
Monday, March 30: Case Study: Operationalizing Multi-Source Threat Intelligence - Alex Waitkus
Thursday, April 2: The Future With ISO 22373 for Trustworthy OT Supply Chains - Aliza Maftun
Monday, April 6: Systemic Security Issues In “SoftPLCs” - Diego Giubertoni
Thursday, April 9: Emerging Markets OT Security Regulation - Sheila Casserly
Monday, April 13: Closing The Cyber Physical Risk Capital Gap In Insurance - Neil Arklie
Thursday, April 16: Building FrostyGoop With The Help Of AI - Jimmy Wylie
Monday, April 20: Orchestration for OT at Scale - Adam Koch
Thursday, April 23: Cyber Detection Initiated Safety And Protection - Felipe Costa
Monday, April 27: Industrial DevOps For Velocity and Resilience - Adam Gluck
Thursday, April 30: Operation Grim Beeper: A Cyber-Physical Attack - Raphael Arakelian
Monday, May 4: What OT Can Learn From FinTech On Product Security For SaaS - Maggie Morganti
Thursday, May 7: Calculating Return On Mitigation - Hector Perez
Monday, May 11: Gaming With Metrics To Achieve An OT Security Program - Teemu Kumpulainen
Thursday, May 14: Understanding and Securing Unified Name Space (UNS) - Jeff Smith
Monday, May 18: Distress Tolerance In Your Job, Life, & OT System - Shireen Rizvi
Thursday, May 21: Honeypots For Threat Intelligence - Daniel dos Santos
Monday, May 25: TBD
Thursday, May 28: TBD
Monday, June 1: TBD
Thursday, June 4: TBD
Monday, June 8: TBD
Thursday, June 11: TBD
Monday, June 15: TBD
Thursday, June 18: TBD
Monday, June 22: TBD
Thursday, June 25: TBD
Monday, June 29: TBD
Thursday, July 2: TBD
Monday, July 6: TBD
Thursday, July 9: TBD
Monday, July 13: TBD
Thursday, July 16: TBD
Monday, July 20: TBD
Thursday, July 23: TBD
Monday, July 27: TBD
Thursday, July 30: TBD
Monday, August 3: POC Pavilion Analysis & Outcomes
Thursday, August 6: TBD
Monday, August 10: Closing Panel Discussion
Executive Summary
This schedule outlines a series of talks and events focused on Operational Technology (OT) security, taking place from March 9 to August 31. The topics cover a wide range of issues, including the future of OT supply chains, emerging markets regulations, the impact of regulation on multinational companies, and the role of AI in OT systems. Notable speakers include Dale Peterson, Kelly Jackson Higgins, Munish Walther-Puri, Robert Hanson, Luis Alves, Alex Waitkus, Diego Giubertoni, and S4 Legend interview with Mark Weatherford. The schedule concludes with a POC Pavilion Analysis & Outcomes and a closing panel discussion.
The events aim to address various aspects of OT security, including threat intelligence, systemic security issues in "SoftPLCs," the role of human-in-the-loop, vendor security, maritime compliance risk, dynamic response in secure remote access, DNP3's new authorization management protocol, and communications architecture & security for complex energy ecosystems.
Full Take
**Source Type**: News/Media
**Steelman**: The schedule provides an overview of a series of talks and events focused on Operational Technology (OT) security. These events aim to address various aspects of OT security, including threat intelligence, systemic security issues in "SoftPLCs," the role of human-in-the-loop, vendor security, maritime compliance risk, dynamic response in secure remote access, DNP3's new authorization management protocol, and communications architecture & security for complex energy ecosystems.
**Pattern Scan**: None detected
**Root Cause**: The schedule is a reflection of ongoing concerns about the security of Operational Technology systems, particularly as these systems become increasingly interconnected and reliant on digital technologies.
**Implications**: The events in this schedule aim to bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss and address the challenges facing OT security, with potential implications for industries ranging from energy and transportation to entertainment and manufacturing.
**Bridge Questions**: What perspectives are missing from this schedule? How could these events be made more accessible to a broader audience? What topics would you like to see covered in future discussions on OT security?
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