Attacks on operational technology (OT) — the systems controlling industrial equipment, processes, and events — have leaped from Hollywood screens into reality. What once seemed like special-effects fiction in disaster movies about nuclear meltdowns, power grid collapses, and poisoned water systems is now a genuine threat. OT and manufacturing attacks are not new, but their impact on modern life is more significant than ever.

This session explains why ICS/OT-directed ransomware is not likely to happen and covers IT and OT–related cyber incidents, helping attendees understand potential impacts on industrial processes and how to select cost-effective cyber defense solutions to ensure facility operating safety, reliability, and performance (SRP).