Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Explores the implementation challenges of AI-assisted Security Operations Centers in Operational Technology environments
- Addresses why machine-speed automation without operational context creates safety and production risks in industrial settings
- Examines data requirements for enabling safe, context-aware security responses in manufacturing and critical infrastructure
- Designed for OT security leaders, SOC teams, and automation managers responsible for industrial cybersecurity
- Hosted by Secomea with practical insights from Senior Product Manager Jeff Stahlnecker
Balancing Speed and Safety in Industrial Security Automation
The webinar “Agentic SOC in OT: how to design safer AI-assisted response” addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing industrial cybersecurity professionals: how to harness the speed advantages of AI-driven security operations without introducing new risks to production environments. Hosted by Secomea, this session targets OT security leaders, SOC teams supporting manufacturing and critical infrastructure, and automation managers preparing their organisations for the next generation of security operations.
As industrial organisations increasingly consider integrating artificial intelligence into their security workflows, the fundamental differences between IT and OT environments demand careful consideration. The consequences of automated security responses in operational technology settings extend far beyond data protection to encompass physical safety, production continuity, and equipment integrity.
About This Event
This live virtual webinar provides an educational session led by Jeff Stahlnecker, Senior Product Manager at Secomea. The presentation focuses on practical approaches to implementing AI-assisted SOC capabilities in OT environments while maintaining the operational awareness necessary for safe decision-making. The session is delivered in English and emphasises actionable insights over theoretical concepts.
The Context Problem in OT Security Automation
Agentic SOCs—security operations centres that leverage AI to autonomously detect, analyse, and respond to threats—promise significant improvements in response times. In traditional IT environments, rapid automated responses to security incidents often represent best practice. However, OT environments operate under fundamentally different constraints where the same speed-first approach can create serious problems.
When an automated system blocks network access or isolates a device in a manufacturing environment without understanding the operational context, the consequences may include production line interruptions, delayed recovery procedures, or genuine safety hazards. A security response that would be entirely appropriate in an office network could trigger cascading failures in an industrial control system.
The webinar examines why understanding the complete story behind a security signal matters more in OT than simply reacting to the signal itself. This includes knowing who connected to a system, why they connected, whether the access was properly authorised, which specific assets were involved, what actions occurred during the session, and what changes resulted afterward.
Bridging IT and OT Security Operations
Many organisations struggle with a significant gap between their IT security operations and OT security requirements. SOC teams trained in IT security practices may lack visibility into the operational implications of their response actions in industrial environments. The session addresses how organisations can bridge this divide by ensuring that security automation has access to the contextual data it needs to make appropriate decisions.
Central to this discussion is the concept of controlled escalation as an alternative to immediate blocking. In many OT scenarios, the safest response to a potential security incident involves alerting human operators and providing them with comprehensive context rather than triggering automated containment actions that could disrupt critical processes.
Data Requirements for Safe Automation
Before organisations can trust AI systems to trigger or support security responses in OT environments, they must first ensure they are capturing the right operational data. The webinar explores what information needs to be collected and made available to security systems, including remote access evidence, session monitoring data, and change tracking across industrial assets.
This data foundation serves dual purposes: it enables more accurate threat detection by reducing false positives and negatives, and it provides the context necessary for automated systems to distinguish between situations requiring immediate action and those demanding human judgement.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is particularly relevant for OT security leaders and CISOs responsible for industrial environments, SOC teams that support manufacturing or critical infrastructure operations, OT managers overseeing automation systems, and organisations in the early stages of evaluating AI-assisted security capabilities. Attendees should expect practical guidance on preparing their environments for safer integration of automated security responses.