Operational technology data is increasingly valuable as a competitive asset, as an input for AI-driven analytics and as a target for adversaries operating in a geopolitically unstable world. Yet unlike IT data, OT data rarely receives the same governance scrutiny, third-party controls or board-level attention, even as organizations share machine vibration data, production outputs and operational telemetry with external vendors who then own it.

This session explores how geopolitical risk, IT-OT convergence and data governance intersect, and why treating OT data differently from IT data is an exposure organizations can no longer afford.

This session, led by Kate Silverman, will cover:

• Why OT data carries competitive and security risk even when it appears operationally innocuous;
• How third-party data sharing agreements expose organizations to risks comparable to IT data breaches;
• What emerging regulations including the AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act mean for OT data governance.