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