ISMG Communities: OT
For the people securing the systems that keep industries running.Operational technology sits at the center of some of the world’s most critical environments: energy, manufacturing, transportation, utilities, healthcare, infrastructure, and industrial operations.
Built for the people closest to OT risk and resilience
Operationally grounded
Focused on the realities of securing industrial and cyber-physical environments.
Built around trusted audiences
Connected to ISMG’s OT, critical infrastructure, events, media, and expert-led programming.
Designed for year-round value
Created to continue practical conversations beyond event days.
Shaped by member priorities
Your role, challenges, and topic interests help guide what comes next.
Why This Community
The most useful OT conversations often happen between formal sessions: in follow-up questions, operational lessons, peer exchanges, implementation challenges, and hard-earned field experience.
But these conversations are often fragmented across events, teams, vendors, and regions.
ISMG Communities: OT is designed to create a more consistent, trusted way for the OT ecosystem to stay connected.
Who This Is For
ISMG Communities: OT is designed for:
OT and ICS security practitioners
asset owners and operators
CISOs and security leaders with OT responsibility
plant, operations, and engineering leaders
critical infrastructure professionals
IT security teams expanding into OT environments
risk, compliance, safety, and resilience stakeholders
OT speakers, trainers, moderators, and subject matter experts
contributors who want to share field lessons, write, speak, mentor, or guide discussions
What Members Can Expect
Members will have opportunities to:
Access relevant technical insight
Receive curated technical updates, reads, summaries, and community-relevant resources.
Join expert-led sessions
Participate in selected AMAs, technical briefings, research discussions, and contributor-led sessions.
Shape future topics
Tell us which technical themes, research areas, and formats the community should explore next.
Contribute where relevant
Raise your hand to speak, write, mentor, train, moderate, create challenges, share research, or support local activity.
Stay connected beyond events
Continue meaningful technical conversations between Nullcon editions and training cycles.
Discover learning and event pathways
Get connected to relevant trainings, sessions, workshops, community activities, CyberEd.io pathways, Hardwear.io crossover opportunities, or future event programming where applicable.
Build visibility through contribution
Be considered for contributor recognition, blog opportunities, expert sessions, speaker pathways, Studio or editorial opportunities, or future advisory involvement based on fit and contribution.
Receive more relevant communication
Get updates aligned to your technical interests, role, region, and preferred ways of engaging.