Utility lessons learned from converging IT and OT security strategies
This discussion features three utility leaders who have converged key areas of their IT/OT security efforts, with a focus on the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned from adopting cybersecurity best practices in operational environments that were not designed with security in mind.
Key Takeaways:
- Asset Discovery & Enumeration
- HBOM/SBOM Capabilities
- Data Collection & Aggregation
- OT Cybersecurity Architecture
- User Awareness
- Security & Operations Adoption Efforts
- Governance & Risk
- OT Vulnerability Management
- Emergency Response & Operations Planning
- Monitoring
- Incident Response
Attendees will walk away with an understanding of the key success factors and lessons learned in the implementation of both holistic multi-year OT cybersecurity programs at two investor-owned utilities — Calpine and Southern California Edison — as well as smaller, ad-hoc OT security projects at other utility and generation companies.