What's your next OT cybersecurity move? Industrialfairs organises a debate on how people, processes and technology concretely switch to efficient OT/IT cybersecurity

Debate on Wednesday 4 February at Kortrijk Xpo at 14h15. Admission free subject to registration.

Cyber threats do not stop at the factory gate. During Indumation, OT cybersecurity is therefore not reduced to technology alone, but approached as a strategic responsibility for board, management as well as operational teams. In the debate “What's Your Next OT Cybersecurity Move?”, industrial customers and technology partners will engage in an open dialogue on the next necessary steps for a resilient manufacturing organisation.

The debate is part of Indumation, the leading trade fair for industrial automation, digitalisation and smart manufacturing. Besides the exhibition floor with more than 250 technology partners, Indumation offers an extensive content programme with sessions, keynotes and debates on topics such as OT and IT integration, cybersecurity, AI, digitalisation and innovation in industry.

From awareness to systemic progress

The central angle of the debate is clear:
“The most dangerous person in your organisation is yourself.”

Topics covered:

• OT Cybersecurity Strategy: blue pill or red pill
• How IT and OT support each other, but should also remain separate
• Cybersecurity is People First, then Process, then Technology
• Recruiting and building a Champions Team
• Third Party Risk and Risk Zone Assessments
• Next up: Virtual Patching and AI

Those who recognise or affirmatively read these statements will discover why attendance is not an option but a must.

No doom and gloom, no sales pitches

At the table are two major industrial cyber concerns, Siemens en Palo Alto Networks, supplemented by an integrator on behalf of Agoria CMIB, represented by Spotit, and a global player in the manufacturing industry, Unilin. The session will be moderated by technology expert IndustrialFairs.

Starting from the point of view of the industrial customer, both large companies and SMEs, they discuss how C-level, board and management from all business units, IT and OT, can grow systemically together. No ‘cyber doomsday’ monologue and no ‘vendor pitched format’, but a practical and strategic path applicable to every manufacturing organisation.

For whom.

• Board and policymakers within manufacturing organisations, large and small
• Management from OT, IT, Operations, Automation and Innovation
• Integrators and industrial customers looking to inspire each other in a technology-neutral setting

Practical

• Wednesday 4 February at 2.15pm to 3.30pm
• Kortrijk Xpo: Doorniksesteenweg 216, 8500 Kortrijk
• Participation: free of charge
• Pre-registration required at www.indumation.be
• Places are limited, first in first served

The full exhibition programme and all thematic sessions can be found at Indumation.be. This debate is an essential part of a broader platform where knowledge sharing, strategic insight and concrete action come together on a single platform.