Welcome to Cyber Senate
At Cyber Senate, we are dedicated to building C-Level communities focused on the resilience and continuity of modern industries. Our mission goes beyond cybersecurity; we create collaborative environments where leaders, operators, and technology partners from energy, manufacturing, transport, food & beverage, renewables, and beyond come together to share insight, align strategies, and showcase how ecosystems of services and solutions enable business continuity.
Our Vision
We envision a future where resilience is built into every layer of connected operations — achieved not by isolated tools, but through collaboration, managed services, and operational partnerships. By convening the people driving SOCs, managed security, incident response, and continuity planning, we help industries strengthen uptime, meet regulatory demands, and protect their customers and communities.
Join Our Community
Explore the forefront of resilient operations. Connect with peers and thought leaders across diverse industries, learn how managed services and collaborative ecosystems are redefining protection, and take part in conversations that move beyond cyber defense to business continuity and operational resilience.
Cyber Senate is where partnerships form, communities strengthen, and industries safeguard the systems that keep the world running.
CISA discuss SolarWinds and Supply Chain Cybersecurity at Rail Cybersecurity USA
Cyber Senate are pleased to announce CISA will be addressing the Solarwinds hack, impacts and supply chain cybersecurity for the Rail Cybersecurity USA show on February 9/10th as Keynote Presenters. www.railcybersecurityusa.com
Cyber Senate welcomes Christian Paulsen of Siemens Mobility
Cyber Senate welcomes Christian Paulsen, Product and Solution Security Officer at Siemens Mobility GmbH to the Rail Cybersecurity USA conference online February 9th and 10th 2021.
Case study on cybersecure substation automation system networks
Cyber Senate are pleased to announce Omicron Electronics will be joining us for our 7th annual ICS USA online conference (Control Systems Cybersecurity USA. ) Andreas Klien, Head of Business Development Power Utility Communication, OMICRON electronics GmbH, will be presenting: Case study on cybersecure substation automation system networks. Learn more at www.industrialcontrolcybersecusa.com
Network Rail Keynote Presentation Cyber Senate 6th annual Rail Cybersecurity Europe
Security Operations and Delivering a centralised sustainable, cost effective security operations capability, presentation by Network Rail for the Cyber Senate 6th annual Rail Cybersecurity Summit online February 23/24th.
www.railcybersecurity.com
Cybersecurity and Functional Monitoring for Substations
Cybersecure Substation Network Architecture – A case study
Analyzing the most important attack vectors throughout the substation lifecycle
Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in substations
Presentation of a new cyber-secure substation network architecture in deployed by a Swiss utility
Outlining their security measures such as secure remote and local maintenance access, multiple firewall zones within the substation and intrusion detection
Challenges when applying IDS at the substation level and how to solve them
Industrial Control Cybersecurity: A discussion “Confidentiality, integrity, and availability versus Safety and Reliability”
Cyber Senate discusses confidentiality, integrity, and availability versus Safety and Reliability with Michael Firstenberg, Waterfall Security Solution's Director of Industrial Security. Mr Firstenberg will be moderating and contribution to a Panel Discussion on November 4th with the Cyber Senate for the 7th annual Industrial Control Cybersecurity Europe online conference 2020.
Ayman Al Issa Industrial Cybersecurity Lead and Senior Expert @ McKinsey and Company
“Cloud for the OT environment: Being realistic about what is possible.” He will also run a workshop for Cyber Senate attendees “Workshop 'Designing a Secure Reference Architecture for Plant Operations and Maintenance.”
Agile OT Security for Evolving Energy Networks discussed by National Grid this November
Philip Tonkin has worked in the energy business for over 20 years, working in a wide range of disciplines. From field engineering to senior leadership positions, he has always been passionate about solving the challenges of digitising the energy supply industry. Using an understanding of the systems used by the industry along with experience in making decisions as an asset manager, he has led a number of key projects to move forward the understanding of cyber threat.
Now as the OT leader within National Grid’s security team his focus is securing the operational technology that underpins the operation of National Grid’s trans atlantic businesses, from Gas Transmission to Electricity Generation.