Modern industrial organizations face a critical choice: build cybersecurity into new construction projects from the ground up or struggle with costly retrofits that compromise safety and operational resilience. As facilities increasingly integrate connected technologies, "build-in versus bolt-on" becomes a business imperative rather than preference.

In this session, Ian Bramson, vice president of global industrial cybersecurity at Black & Veatch, will cover:

• Cyber Asset Lifecycle Management (CALM): A comprehensive framework spanning capital planning through commissioning and operations;
• Building the business case: Leveraging safety and uptime arguments to secure executive support;
• Clean build assurance: Establishing supply chain controls, cyber acceptance testing and construction-phase monitoring to prevent embedded exploits during build processes.