OT and Cyber Resilience Forum

09:30 – 10:00Registration, coffee and networking 10:00 – 10:15Welcome and framing Why this event Why now What the sector needs to get out of the day Speakers: Paul Horton, CEO, Future Water Association Gordon Robinson, Chair, Digital and Cyber Resiliency Group 10:15 – 10:45Opening keynote: The changing cyber and resilience landscape Regulatory direction Critical infrastructure context Why OT risk is rising 10:45 – 11:20Panel 1: What are water companies most concerned about right now? Operational risk Patching burden Legacy systems Supply-chain exposure 11:20 – 11:35Refreshment break 11:35 – 12:10Panel 2: What does “good” look like for OT cyber resilience in water? Where Cyber Essentials helps Where it falls short Practical expectations for utilities and suppliers Speakers: Peter Hazell, Head of Cyber and Protective Security, Yorkshire Water 12:10 – 12:35Industry case studiesShort presentations from utilities and partners on live challenges, lessons learned and emerging practice. "Best practice and lessons learned from automotive cybersecurity for water sector OT" - Paul Wooderson, Horiba Mira 12:35 – 13:30Lunch and networking 13:30 – 14:00Interactive workshop sessionBreakout discussions on: Supply chain and procurement Operational technology and patching Governance and board responsibility Sector guidance and priority gaps What is the list of criticality of data transfers 14:00 – 14:30Report back and sector priorities Key issues raised Areas of consensus Priority actions for the sector 14:30 – 15:10 Final Panel: How should the sector collaborate from here? 15:10 – 15:30 Closing and next steps Proposed outputs and follow-on activity 15:30: Close