The most effective - and least expensive - time to build security into an industrial facility is before a single brick is laid. Yet cybersecurity is consistently introduced late in the engineering procurement and construction life cycle, arriving as an afterthought rather than a design requirement. Brownfield sites carry hard-won operational knowledge that, when brought upstream into greenfield design, can significantly reduce long-term risk and cost.

Drawing on a multi-year engagement with a global automotive manufacturer spanning both brownfield modernization and greenfield design, this session shares practical lessons from applying secure-by-design principles at scale.

This session, led by Hatteras Hoops of Booz Allen Hamilton, will cover:

• How to integrate cybersecurity requirements at the conceptual design stage of new facilities;
• What brownfield modernization experience reveals about greenfield security design gaps;
• How asset visibility, remote access controls and vulnerability management differ across brownfield and greenfield environments.