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Welcome to the third annual Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Conference hosted by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE)! 
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From Vulnerability to Victory: Safeguarding Manufacturing through IT/OT Convergence!
Wednesday June 25, 2025 8:45am - 10:25am CDT
BLDG T-101/102
The convergence of IT and OT systems in critical manufacturing has significantly 
increased potential cyber-attack surfaces and associated cybersecurity risks.  
Ever complex and enduring cyber-attacks threaten to cripple the nation’s ability to 
maintain our economic viability and national security.  

Modern Manufacturing Technologies necessarily focus on lean production, quality maintenance, and accelerated production. This operationally focused mindset easily creates a widening attack-surface vortex when not intimately coupled with fully integrated cyber hygiene and the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, software, and network connectivity that incorporates a security focus on existing and realistic threats. This marriage of operations and security must be cultivated and fully incorporated 
to minimize and mitigate critical infrastructure attacks.

Our session will focus on the complex interplay between manufacturing 
advancements, IT/OT convergence, and the subsequent cybersecurity challenges
faced by business and industry. Presenters will expand on IT, Cybersecurity, and Modern Manufacturing points of view. We will further develop IT and OT perspectives and engage the audience by illustrating one or two past cyber-attack events. We will then provide potential steps for developing a combined operations/cybersecurity mindset to engage IT and OT in a symbiotic balance.  The goal is to identify, meet, and exceed requirements for current and future operational and cybersecurity challenges.
Speakers
avatar for Kyle Jones

Kyle Jones

Assistant Dean of Technology, Grants, and External Partnerships & Professor, Sinclair Community College (OH)
Kyle Jones, a professor and the Information Technology Chair at Sinclair, serves as the lead of NITIC’s AI, Operational Technology, and externship initiatives. He is also a CAE2Y Principal Investigator, the Principal Investigator for the Community College Scholar for Service Program... Read More →
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Scot McLemore

Executive in Residence (Advanced Manufacturing), Columbus State Community College (OH)
Scot McLemore, Executive in Residence for Columbus State Community College, utilizes his immediate past experience as an advanced manufacturing workforce expert and higher education employer partner at American Honda Motor Company to cultivate relevant pathways of study to support... Read More →
avatar for Lawrence (Larry) McWherter

Lawrence (Larry) McWherter

Associate Professor - Cybersecurity, Principal Investigator - National Information Technology Innovation Center (NITIC), Columbus State Community College (OH)
Larry McWherter provides leadership to the NITIC team as the PI, overseeing the strategic direction of all initiatives, and serving as the deliverable lead for the IT Innovation Network’s Community of Practice. Larry is an associate professor of cybersecurity at Columbus State... Read More →
McWherter Lawrence CYAD 2025 pptx
Wednesday June 25, 2025 8:45am - 10:25am CDT
BLDG T-101/102
  Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity, Workshop
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