CS4CA Europe London Event Chair Wayne Harrop on OT Risk and Collaboration
Critical infrastructure providers are facing a volatile geopolitical landscape that could lead to cyberattacks and major business disruptions. In advance of the CS4CA Europe London Conference (Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2025), event speaker and conference chair Wayne Harrop, GRC and resilience manager at UK National Grid, shares key security strategies to counter enterprise threats.
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Sectors such as energy and oil and gas are particularly vulnerable to attacks, which is why scenario-based resilience testing, risk management, incident response and crisis management are critical for all levels of the enterprise, he said.
“Most organizations aren’t very well equipped to deal with extensively well-prepared threat actors operating in that space of APT environment, so that needs to be uplifted as well,” Harrop said. “I think the board can get involved in terms of diversifying their scenarios to their geopolitical context, particularly when if they have touchpoints and are global and multinational.”
In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Harrop discussed:
- Designing and implementing OT security strategies to defend against future threats;
- How to improve cyber resilience in an increasingly challenging threat landscape;
- Creating a culture of security across the organization;
- How emerging technologies open up new threats and opportunities in OT security.
Want to learn more? Register to attend CS4CA Europe and gain practical advice from senior experts from across Europe’s critical sectors, including oil and gas, utilities, mining, chemicals, transportation and healthcare. Explore strategies that you can adopt in your organization’s cybersecurity posture and network with other senior leaders.
About the Speaker
Harrop, who leads GRC and resilience at UK National Grid, is an experienced cybersecurity specialist having worked at senior levels with 49 countries and many transnational corporations on emergency, security, resilience, counterterrorism and cyber resilience concerns. C-Suite level roles include board advisor to urban-Air Port, CSARN, and the Global Cyber Academy, National Advisor to the U.K. Department for Food and Rural Affairs on Global Catastrophic Risk and future horizon scanning. He has been a tier-1 trainer to strategic leaders from the ASEAN Council, and is a Fourth Industrial Revolution specialist, blueprinting nascent future technologies and emerging trends through detailed scenario planning tools to help prepare organizational strategy and leaders to manage future operating conditions.