This session will kickoff the ARC Cybersecurity Workshop with a brief ARC presentation followed by an informative presentation by Fortinet, a Gold sponsor for the ARC Cyber Program.
Fortinet Presentation: Securing What Matters | Operationalizing Cyber Resilience to Reduce OT Risk
Critical infrastructure is now a battleground. As cyber threats surge and operational stakes rise, the convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks has created an environment where efficiency and exposure grow in parallel. Systems never built to face modern adversaries are suddenly connected, discoverable, and dangerously vulnerable.
Security leaders can no longer rely on passive risk awareness or compliance alone. Achieving true resilience requires enhanced visibility, expedited decision-making, and the seamless integration of cybersecurity measures across all levels of the organization. Resilience must be engineered into people, processes, and technologies, creating a security culture that extends from the plant floor to the boardroom.
Frameworks and regulations provide guidance, but true protection comes from operationalizing cybersecurity as a continuous, organization-wide discipline. The winners in this new era are those who turn risk into action—hardening people, processes, and technology against disruption.
In this session, we will share how to transform risk strategy into sustained operational defense—turning visibility into action, and action into resilient, long-term protection.