As the convergence of IT and OT accelerates, security leaders must navigate cultural divides, aging expertise, evolving technologies and workforce challenges to build resilient industrial cybersecurity programs. Here are a few key questions shaping the future of OT/ICS security:

• How can organizations effectively bridge the fundamentally different cultural mindsets between IT security teams - change-oriented and focused on confidentiality - and OT teams - stability-oriented and focused on availability?
• What effective methodologies exist to capture and transfer critical OT security knowledge from retiring professionals who built and understand legacy systems that will remain in operation for decades?
• What curriculum innovations are needed at the university level to produce graduates prepared for the unique challenges of OT/ICS security?
• What new skills or continuous learning must IT/OT/ICS security professionals adopt as technologies like 5G, digital twins, AI and edge computing reshape industrial operations?