NEWS AND EVENTS
Halfway through the OT Roadshow – time for the conversations that often have to wait
Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger are done, and we are halfway through the OT Roadshow. For me, this is a valuable opportunity to look up from technology development and discuss security with those who know the everyday reality of industry.
In my work on SNOK, I care about how we can give organizations a better overview of their OT networks. But that overview must be usable by the people responsible for the facility. They need to understand what is happening, assess the consequences and make decisions that safeguard safe operations.
It is precisely at this meeting point between people, technology and operations in a busy everyday life that we have placed the conversations at the OT Roadshow.
90 minutes to go in depth
Together with Netsecurity, we have set aside 90 minutes for roundtable discussions. Participants are divided into groups by role, industry and experience, so they meet others with relevant challenges.
For me, this is the core of the event. A talk can offer new perspectives, while a conversation around the table gives room to explore what they mean in your own organization. There is time for the follow-up questions and issues that rarely get enough space in a busy working day.
OT security requires conversations like these. We need to understand both the systems and the conditions they operate under. A measure has to work in a facility with production requirements, maintenance windows and equipment that may have many years of life left.
What happens when a barrier fails?
The programme follows a logic that is important to me: How do we test and verify security barriers? What do we need once an attack has happened? And how do we get production safely back up?
These questions are closely connected. To detect that something is wrong, we need knowledge of how the facility normally works. To handle an incident, we need a situational picture that makes it possible to assess measures. And before we start up again, we need a basis for judging whether it is safe.
As a technologist, I care about monitoring contributing to exactly this. The information must be understandable and relevant to those who are going to use it, even when time is short and the pressure is high.
A meeting place between IT and OT
As IT and OT become more closely connected, different professional traditions and priorities also meet. We need those who know cybersecurity and those who know production to be able to discuss the challenges together.
That is why I appreciate a format that leaves room for both expert talks and sharing experience. The goal is for participants to go home with something they can use: a question to take further internally, an experience from another organization or a clearer picture of what they should look into at their own facility.
Thanks to everyone who took part in Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger, and to our colleagues at Netsecurity. We are halfway there, and I look forward to continuing the conversations during the rest of the roadshow.
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