From Secure Remote Access to Autonomous OT Security: How One Global Manufacturer Got It Right
About This Session
Managing third-party access across global manufacturing is no longer just about secure connectivity - it's about creating the operational foundation for modern OT security.
In this session, we'll follow the real-world journey of one of the world's largest manufacturers as they standardized secure remote access across more than 100 production sites, 90+ suppliers, and operations in 70 countries. What began as an initiative to replace fragmented remote access solutions evolved into a global operating model for governing third-party access.
More importantly, we'll explore what that standardization unlocked:
- Federated control – Govern vendors globally while preserving local plant autonomy.
- Third-party access governance – Gain visibility, accountability, and compliance with frameworks such as IEC 62443 and NIS2.
Cyber resilience – Reduce risk and enable faster, more coordinated response during incidents.
- Agentic SOC – Provide the operational context AI needs to distinguish approved maintenance from real threats and enable trusted autonomous security operations.
Join us to discover why the future of OT security doesn't start with AI—it starts with standardizing how people, vendors, and machines connect. Because before security operations can become autonomous, they need a trusted foundation of governance, visibility, and context.
In this session, we'll follow the real-world journey of one of the world's largest manufacturers as they standardized secure remote access across more than 100 production sites, 90+ suppliers, and operations in 70 countries. What began as an initiative to replace fragmented remote access solutions evolved into a global operating model for governing third-party access.
More importantly, we'll explore what that standardization unlocked:
- Federated control – Govern vendors globally while preserving local plant autonomy.
- Third-party access governance – Gain visibility, accountability, and compliance with frameworks such as IEC 62443 and NIS2.
Cyber resilience – Reduce risk and enable faster, more coordinated response during incidents.
- Agentic SOC – Provide the operational context AI needs to distinguish approved maintenance from real threats and enable trusted autonomous security operations.
Join us to discover why the future of OT security doesn't start with AI—it starts with standardizing how people, vendors, and machines connect. Because before security operations can become autonomous, they need a trusted foundation of governance, visibility, and context.
Speaker
Björn Gaworski-Dammann
Director of Product Management - Secomea
Björn Gaworski-Dammann is Director of Product Management at Secomea, where he shapes product strategy for industrial secure remote access and OT cybersecurity. With 20 years in enterprise software, including leading product management at CoreMedia, he has spent his career turning complex technical requirements into products people actually want to use. At Secomea, he works at the intersection of OT security, hybrid cloud architecture, and the realities of protecting critical infrastructure.
Outside of work, Björn brings the same hands-on curiosity home: he is slowly turning his house into a full smart-home setup, wiring up IoT devices room by room and learning firsthand why securing connected devices is never as simple as it looks on a spec sheet. Based in Hamburg, Germany.
Outside of work, Björn brings the same hands-on curiosity home: he is slowly turning his house into a full smart-home setup, wiring up IoT devices room by room and learning firsthand why securing connected devices is never as simple as it looks on a spec sheet. Based in Hamburg, Germany.