Sitting ducks & black
swans: OT security risks
from line of sight to
the unpredictable

Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at
The National Liberal Club (London)

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EVENT SUMMARY
The OTSF sets forth to unite operational technology (OT) security stakeholders in the UK and Ireland at regular in-person events throughout 2025, showcasing the best industry research, sharing leading practices and progressing discussion on key aspects of OT security, risk management and building resilience. We’re delighted to announce our inaugural event in London at the prestigious National Liberal Club on London’s Embankment. Guest speakers will share their unique perspectives on the security risks facing OT systems, those in plain sight, as well as the less predictable. 
 
Key topics:
  • The OT attack surface from physical to digital
  • Geo-political instability and industry specific OT threats
  • Securing immovable insecure-by-design systems 
  • The ‘what ifs’ of severe cyber-physical system failure

The OTSF is an independent not-for-profit special interest group that relies on industry contributions to host these events. A special thanks and acknowledgement to the parties listed below supporting the inaugural event.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Book Signing
Andrew Ginter - The #1 most widely-read author in the industrial security space

Andrew leads a team of experts who work with the world's most secure industrial enterprises. Before joining Waterfall, he led the development of high-end industrial control system products at Hewlett-Packard, of IT/OT middleware products at Agilent Technologies, and of the world's first industrial SIEM at Industrial Defender. Andrew is the most widely-read author in the OT security space with 25,000 copies of his three books in print: SCADA Security - What's broken and how to fix it, Secure Operations Technology, and Engineering-Grade OT Security: A manager's guide. Andrew is also a co-author of the Industrial Internet Security Framework and a co-author of the UITP report on cybersecurity requirements in rail system tendering. He co-hosts the Industrial Security Podcast and contributes regularly to industrial security standards and best-practice guidance. We're delighted to be hosting Andrew and throughout the networking drinks and canapes reception, he will be signing is recent book for guests: Engineering-Grade OT Security: A manager's guide.

EVENT SPONSORS

AGENDA

Time
18:00
Registration, light refreshments & networking
18:30
Chairperson welcome & introduction (Dan Raywood)
18:40
Guest speakers
19:40
Audience Q&A
20:00
Networking over drinks & canapes (Book Signing)
21:00
Carriages (or, continue the conversation in the Smoking Room or Club Bar)

VENUE

'David Lloyd George Room', The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE

Register for the event

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