A working forum for rail cybersecurity
Welcome to Cyber Senate
CyberSenate brings together the people responsible for securing rail systems — operators, infrastructure leaders, and suppliers working across complex, long-lifecycle environments.
The focus is simple: how cybersecurity works in practice.
Not frameworks in isolation, but how systems are actually protected, monitored, and recovered when things go wrong — across networks, control systems, and supplier ecosystems.
Built around real-world rail operations
Rail systems don’t fail in theory — they fail in live environments, under pressure, across interconnected systems and suppliers.
CyberSenate exists to reflect that reality.
Discussions focus on operational systems, incident response, supplier integration, and the day-to-day challenges of keeping rail services running safely and securely.
Core areas of focus
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Securing operational rail systems
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Managing risk across supplier ecosystems
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Responding to incidents under real-world constraints
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Bridging IT and OT in long-lifecycle environments
From the Summits
Selected moments and discussions from recent Rail Cybersecurity Summits.
Industrial Defender and Cyber Senate discuss Supply Chain Cybersecurity
Supply Chain Cybersecurity Cyber Senate Control Systems Podcast with Industrial Defender.Cyber Senate were pleased to catch up with Jeremy Morgan, [...]
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.”
Expanding beyond cybersecurity
Some of the challenges facing rail systems sit beyond cybersecurity — in supplier ecosystems, system integration, and operational accountability.
These are addressed through the Operational Risk Council (ORC).
Rail Supply Chain Forum
A focused forum examining supplier ecosystems, integration risk, and long-lifecycle system accountability in rail environments.
👉 ben.reed@operationalriskcouncil.com