As IT-OT convergence erases the air gap, SCADA and ICS environments face a shared threat landscape they were never designed to operate in. Building resilience requires a phased, pragmatic approach that starts with visibility and grows toward continuous assurance - without waiting for perfect conditions.

In this session, Abdul Aziz Patail will share insights on:

• How to establish foundational security across SCADA and ICS environments through passive discovery, firmware tracking, network segmentation, and supply chain vigilance for both external and vertical connectivity risks;
• Why OT incident response plans must be completed before an incident occurs, and how the time constraints of power and critical infrastructure operations make recovery planning fundamentally different from IT;
• How to build toward cyber resilience through phased implementation, cross-trained teams, joint IT-OT governance and executive mandate.