How to Talk to the C-Suite and Board About OT Security
Summary: In a Dragos webinar, Rockwell Automation CISO Dawn Cappelli and Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee advised OT security teams to win executive and board support by framing risk in plant downtime and revenue terms and by citing SEC filings of companies that were hit. Lee said most businesses lack awareness of their OT security posture, warned that a CISO who does not dig into OT will lose board trust quickly, and recommended a control package of defensible architecture, comprehensive visibility, MFA, an ICS-specific incident response plan, and IT-OT collaboration.
Key Takeaway: Lee's warning is direct: every board has OT security on its agenda, and a CISO who does not raise it stands to lose a massive amount of trust. The revenue-generating side of the house is the one that has been under-served while attention went to IT risk.
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- OT / ICS & Critical Infrastructure
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