OT and Cyber Resilience Forum

09:30 – 10:00
Registration, coffee and networking

10:00 – 10:15
Welcome 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 – 10:45
Opening keynote: The changing cyber and resilience landscape

• Regulatory direction
• Critical infrastructure context
• Why OT risk is rising

10:45 – 11:20
Panel 1: What are water companies most concerned about right now?

• Operational risk
• Patching burden
• Legacy systems
• Supply-chain exposure

11:20 – 11:35
Refreshment break

11:35 – 12:10
Panel 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 – 12:35
Industry case studies
Short 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 – 13:30
Lunch and networking

13:30 – 14:00
Interactive workshop session
Breakout 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 – 14:30
Report 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