ICS Solutions Track 2026: OT/ICS Actionable Industrial Cyber Defense - Live Demos, Real Attack Case Studies, and Proven Countermeasures

Tue, Jun 9, 2026
10:00AM - 2:00PM EDT
English
Dean Parsons
Solutions Forum

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AI, ransomware, and Living Off The Land (LOTL) attacks are reshaping the cyber battlefield—and critical infrastructure is now ground zero. Adversaries know our PLCs, industrial protocols, and safety systems, turning legitimate tools into weapons that can disrupt real-world processes.

To fight back, defenders need ICS-specific visibility, detection, and response powered by both human expertise and AI-driven analytics.

The ICS Solutions Track 2026 in June, chaired by Principal Instructor author, Dean Parsons, brings this defense to life with live on-screen demos, and case studies mapped to the SANS Five ICS/OT Cybersecurity Critical Controls and other industry frameworks.

Top ICS/OT vendors will showcase cutting-edge tools for anomaly detection, ransomware containment, and engineering-aware industrial ICS/OT incident response—proving how defenders can protect the systems that make, move, and power our world.

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Opening Remarks

10:00AM - 10:15AM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Dean Parsons

CEO and Principal Consultant at ICS Defense Force, Inc.

The AI-Driven Threat Era: Why OT Cybersecurity Must Evolve Now

AI is accelerating the speed and complexity of cyber-attacks, and OT environments are increasingly in scope. As attackers adopt advanced capabilities, incidents are unfolding faster than many organizations are prepared to handle.

This session will examine how OT has quickly become a prime target, how the threat landscape is evolving, and how new AI-driven capabilities and tools are reshaping the way attacks are executed. We will also address why OT environments remain uniquely vulnerable and what existing best practices fail to address.

The discussion will focus on a critical gap: maintaining operational continuity when disruption occurs. The session will conclude with a live demonstration, showing how an attack unfolds and how operations can be restored fast and in real time.

*Sponsored by Salvador Tech

10:15AM - 10:45AM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Amit Hammer

CEO at Salvador Tech

Is Your Industrial Security Architecture Ready for the AI Era?

Industrial AI is no longer a roadmap item; it's arriving on the plant floor. Agentic systems are connecting OT environments to cloud workloads, decision engines, and data pipelines that didn't exist a year ago. The productivity upside is real — and so is the expanded attack surface. Attackers are moving just as fast. AI is rewriting the offensive playbook in real time: automating reconnaissance, generating exploit code on demand, and lowering the skill floor for adversaries who previously couldn't touch an industrial environment. The window between disclosure and weaponization is collapsing — and so is the window for defenders to find unknown assets first. The organizations that thrive in the AI era won't be the ones with the most tools. They'll be the ones who got the architecture right before the wave hit. In this session, we'll break down what that architecture requires: network-native visibility, segmentation that's implementable without risking uptime, and secure remote access built for OT.

*Sponsored by Cisco

10:45AM - 11:15AM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Ruben Lobo

Sr Director, Product Management at Cisco Industrial IoT

Secure Remote Access for Operational Technology

In developing a business continuity plan, an important consideration is that the organization may not be capable of sustaining normal operations on-site. The ability to securely support employees and contractors working remotely is essential to ensuring OT business continuity. OT organizations also need secure remote access because they may need to commission new equipment, apply critical patches, or deal with repairs and troubleshooting activities remotely. Additionally, OT organizations may perform remote monitoring and diagnostics or use remote operation centers to affordably take care of geographically distributed assets. Security is critical because a breach in an OT environment could lead to outages of services and the loss of human life or damage critical infrastructures. During this demonstration session, you’ll learn: - Risks associated with unsecured remote access - Key regulations and security standards around remote access requirements - Security considerations when implementing remote access in OT environments - Overview of technology solutions available for secure remote access - FortiPAM Overview – Fortinet’ privileged access management solution to support secure remote access for OT.

*Sponsored by Fortinet

11:15AM - 11:45AM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Glen Combe

OT Specialist Systems Engineer at Fortinet

The Economics, Risk, and ROI of OT Cyber

Modern attackers are business people. They look for the highest ROI. In this session, we will talk about the disproportionate Asset Value versus Protection Cost in the context of OT cyber investment. We have seen that the cost of a breach can destabilize global supply chains. We will discuss approaches to rebalance this scale with the right investments, short term and long term. As OT architects, operators and cyber professionals, this talk will give you the way to sell adaptive OT security initiatives to your leadership and financially-driven decision makers in a language they understand - Risk, ROI, and the Economics of OT Cyber.

*Sponsored by Corsha

11:45AM - 12:15PM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Anusha Iyer

Founder and CEO at Corsha

Break

12:15PM - 12:30PM EDT

Virtual

How to Measure Your OT Cyber Risk Posture

CISOs are no longer just securing IT—they’re accountable for protecting cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the operational outcomes they support. But in most organizations, OT risk remains fragmented, hard to quantify, and even harder to operationalize. Without a structured approach, risk can’t be consistently measured, prioritized, or reduced. This webinar cuts through the noise. Join Zane Blomgren for a practical look at how to operationalize OT risk as part of a broader CPS Protection Program—turning visibility into measurable, actionable outcomes.

*Sponsored by Claroty

12:30PM - 01:00PM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Zane Blomgren

Sales Engineer at Claroty

Session Details will be available at a later time.

*Sponsored by Opswat

01:00PM - 01:30PM EDT

OT Threats Won't Wait: Defend Critical Operations at Speed

OT environments still carry blind spots – unknown assets, unmanaged vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. Adversaries can turn those openings into impact in days or hours. This session focuses on the work that changes outcomes: building a living picture of your environment through OT/IoT monitoring, reducing opportunities for lateral movement, and enabling responders to move faster from signal to coordinated action. Gain Visibility – Build a complete, up-to-date picture of assets and vulnerabilities to reduce blind spots, support key operational use cases, and strengthen defenses Detect Threats – Surface real threats quickly with intelligence-driven monitoring to shorten detection timelines and cut through the noise Respond with Confidence – Accelerate investigations and resolve issues to keep operations safe and limit business impact.

*Sponsored by Dragos

01:30PM - 02:00PM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Peter Valenzuela

Senior Solutions Architect

Closing Remarks

02:00PM - 02:15PM EDT

Virtual

Presented by

Dean Parsons

CEO and Principal Consultant at ICS Defense Force, Inc.

Meet Your Speaker

Dean Parsons

CEO and Principal Consultant at ICS Defense Force, Inc.

Dean Parsons, CEO of ICS Defense Force, teaches ICS515 and co-authors ICS418, emphasizing ICS-specific detection, incident response, and security programs that support OT operations—aligning practitioners and leaders on clear, defensible action.

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ICS Solutions Track 2026: OT/ICS Actionable Industrial Cyber Defense - Live Demos, Real Attack Case Studies, and Proven Countermeasures

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