How security, IT and manufacturing leaders can contain IT/OT breach risk in connected production environments
As manufacturers accelerate Industry 4.0 transformation, connect operational technology environments and modernise production systems, the cyber attack surface is expanding rapidly. Legacy equipment, unmanaged devices, embedded firmware and safety-critical control systems are increasingly connected to wider IT environments, creating complexity that traditional security approaches were not designed to address.
For manufacturers, this creates a significant challenge. Cybersecurity is no longer simply protecting systems and data—it is increasingly maintaining production, protecting people and ensuring operational resilience when disruption occurs. At the same time, ransomware, zero-day vulnerabilities and AI-enabled attackers are increasing the speed and sophistication of threats facing both IT and OT environments.
As a result, manufacturing and security leaders are re-evaluating how they protect increasingly interconnected environments—moving beyond traditional perimeter-based approaches towards greater visibility, segmentation and policy-led containment. Understanding which systems are communicating, controlling how they interact and limiting lateral movement can help organisations contain inevitable breaches before they become production-wide incidents.
to network with your peers and gain practical insights into how security and manufacturing leaders are strengthening cyber resilience across IT and OT while protecting safety, availability and business continuity. This is an exclusive event and seat numbers are very limited, so apply for your place now.
The topics we will explore
During the meeting, we will focus on questions such as:
How should manufacturers rethink cyber security as IT, OT and production environments become increasingly connected?
How can organisations gain greater visibility into what is communicating across complex IT and OT environments?
What are the practical challenges of securing legacy equipment, unmanaged devices and safety-critical operational systems?
How can segmentation and policy-led containment help prevent attackers moving laterally through connected manufacturing environments?
What role can managed security services play in helping manufacturers overcome skills and resource constraints while strengthening security and resilience across complex IT and OT environments?
How should organisations balance cyber security controls with the availability, performance and safety requirements of production environments?
What capabilities are needed to maintain operational resilience and cyber continuity when a breach or disruption inevitably occurs?
This discussion over dinner is designed for senior manufacturing, information security, cyber security, technology and operational technology leaders responsible for cyber resilience, IT and OT security, manufacturing technology and operational continuity, including Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Directors of Information Security, Heads of Cyber Security, Heads of OT Security and other senior security and technology decision-makers.
Be one of 12 senior professionals attending this event in central London. An executive dinner for senior security, IT and manufacturing leaders responsible for OT risk.
For any enquiries, please Mergim Begolli on 0208349 6458 or email [email protected] .
dinner is brought to you by Illumio and BT and is only for senior executives, as mentioned above. Registrations of consultants, solution providers or other sellers to this market won’t be accepted. To be eligible, you must be employed by an end-user organisation with responsibility for information security, cyber security, operational technology or manufacturing technology.
This event is free of charge to attend.
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