OT environments are increasingly targeted by cyber threats actors and that makes readiness to respond to unexpected cyber events an imperative. Many organizations have been utilizing traditional OT tabletop exercises (TTX) to build awareness, test plans, and harness coordination between enterprise IT cybersecurity and OT shopfloor teams. These exercises provide valuable insights into shopfloor production uptime requirements, enterprise cybersecurity operation via safe, discussion-based sessions.

However, TTX approaches often fall short in simulating the technical complexity, and cascading impacts of actual incidents on shopfloor operations. Hypothetical scenarios leave gaps in both preparedness and confidence, creating a false sense of cyber secure among stakeholders.

In this session, attendee will learn values of integrating live-fire exercises using an OT cyber range with real OT devices and technologies that mimic production environments. Attendees will also learn how hands-on keyboard exercises help organizations validate both technical and procedural responses and foster cross-functional collaboration under realistic scenarios.