ARC Forum Addresses Top OT Security Challenges |ARC Advisory
Overview
ARC is happy to report that end users and suppliers alike gave strong ratings for the cybersecurity program at the ARC 2022 Americas Forum in Orlando. Workshop topics, panel discussions, and the variety of industries and topics included in end user case study sessions all received high ratings. The ARC Industry Forum cybersecurity program is embedded into our larger conference that explores key developments that are changing industrial operations, from implementing successful digital transformation programs to digital twins, sustainability, edge computing, open automation, and more. For over ten years, ARC’s cybersecurity forum program has allowed attendees to learn more about the activities that are driving new cybersecurity requirements. Most importantly, the program provided many opportunities for networking with end user, supplier, and service provider peers.
Key topics covered in this year’s cybersecurity program included the changing threat landscape for OT, cybersecurity for the connected worker, the impact of digital transformation on OT security, ransomware, and IT/OT cybersecurity convergence strategies. As always, the end user presence is what really distinguishes the ARC conference from others. Over a dozen end users from industries ranging from oil and gas to chemicals, semiconductor, power generation, water, and more shared their thoughts and offered actionable advice on the leading cybersecurity issues and challenges.
Program Highlights
The ARC 2022 Americas Industry Forum agenda included five days of workshops, keynotes, and sessions spanning the myriad developments revolutionizing industrial plants and critical infrastructure operations. Cybersecurity is intertwined with all these developments, and the Forum cybersecurity program reflected this with various sessions on the impact they are having and will have on cybersecurity requirements.
The cybersecurity program included a full day of cybersecurity workshops that discussed current and emerging challenges and what’s needed to secure connected workers, deal with ransomware, and enable secure information exchanges with supply chain partners. Case study presentations by a wide range of leading industrial companies augmented the topical workshops and demonstrated the diversity of cybersecurity challenges and strategies across industrial operations.
Cybersecurity Workshops
Several hundred cybersecurity and other professionals took advantage of the pre-forum cybersecurity workshop day. This was kicked off with a session on Industrial Cybersecurity – Today and Tomorrow that provided useful insight from Klint Walker of CISA on today’s challenging threat landscape and recent incidents like the Colonial Pipeline.
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Keywords: ARC Industry Forum, Industrial Cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure, OT, End Users, Workshops, Panel Discussions, Case Studies, ARC Advisory Group.
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