Join Cisco at the S4x25 Security Conference
Help shape the future of industrial cybersecurity. Connect with the ICS/OT security community, attend Cisco sessions, and meet with Cisco experts.
Discover today's innovations in industrial cybersecurity
While you're at Dale Peterson's S4 conference, February 11–13, 2025, in Tampa, Florida, come to the Fort Brooke room, on the second floor of the venue. There, you can talk with Cisco and Splunk OT security experts about protecting your industrial operations against cyberthreats.
For more than 20 years, Cisco has been helping industrial organizations around the globe digitize and secure their operations. See how Cisco can help you to:
- Gain OT visibility at scale with sensors embedded in switches and routers
- Automate network segmentation with OT visibility driving zone segmentation
- Enable secure remote access at scale with zero-trust network access designed for OT
- Detect threats faster with advanced AI/ML detection models and OT-specific threat intelligence
- Unify defenses with consolidated views of IT and OT security data and joint response orchestration
Arrange a meeting with Cisco at S4x25
We'd love to schedule time for you to discuss your OT security needs with our experts at S4x25. Please give us some basic information about you, and our team will get in touch to arrange a convenient time to meet.
Attend our S4x25 sessions
Tuesday, February 11
Come to the Fort Brooke room for a full day of OT security learning. Reception to follow.
Building a secure network architecture in manufacturing
Learn about building a robust architecture for manufacturing that encompasses network redundancy, connectivity, security, and automation. We'll explore the various stages of deployment while focusing mainly on achieving end-stage maturity.
10:30–11:00 a.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Kam Chumley-Soltani, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Cisco
Making OT security easy to deploy at scale
Leverage your network equipment for more than connectivity. How can the industrial network help you simplify OT security deployment and reduce costs? Learn how switches and routers can give you visibility into OT assets and deliver security benefits.
11:00–11:30 a.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Sophia Gudenrath, Engineering Product Manager, Cisco
Automating zone segmentation to protect operations
Segmenting industrial networks into small zones of trust is an efficient way to protect operations and prevent attacks from spreading. We'll discuss ways to automate segmentation below the IDMZ and enable collaboration between IT and OT.
11:30–12:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Fayce Daira, Industrial Solution Architect, Cisco
SOC of the Future: A single view across IT and OT
As cyberthreats become more complex and more frequent, the need for an advanced, adaptive security operations center (SOC) for IT and OT has never been more critical. We'll discuss strategies to power tomorrow's SOC and innovations to enhance visibility, accelerate response, and reduce complexity.
12:00–12:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Chris Duffey, Industry Technical Strategist, Splunk
Update: Cyberattacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure
We'll describe a series of cyberattacks perpetrated by nation-states against Ukraine's critical infrastructure, and we'll examine both their efficacy and their role in hybrid warfare in Eastern Europe.
12:30–1:00 p.m, Fort Brooke room, second floor
Joe Marshall, OT Security Research Leader, Talos
NERC CIP and the cloud: Are we there yet?
Explore the evolving landscape of NERC CIP compliance as utilities embrace cloud solutions. We'll examine compliance challenges, options to effectively deploy EACMS, and the pros and cons of cloud-based solutions.
1:00–1:30 p.m, Fort Brooke room, second floor
Ruston Johnson, Industry Advisor, Energy and Utilities, Splunk
Counting on the WAN to protect distributed field assets
When connecting field assets, your industrial routers are key to secure remote sites. Learn about network security capabilities (VPN, advanced traffic segmentation, hardware encryption) that routers can provide to protect your operations.
1:30–2:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Sophia Gudenrath, Engineering Product Manager, Cisco
Fortifying OT: A blueprint for digital resilience
As OT environments become increasingly interconnected with IT systems, the risk of cyberattacks rises. We'll delve into the importance of building a robust foundation of digital resilience for OT security with Splunk, and we'll explore strategies to protect critical infrastructure.
2:00–2:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Paul Pelletier, Director Security Product Labs, Splunk
Demystifying TSA regulations: What does this even mean?
Explore the impact of TSA regulations on the OT security community through a timeline of key directives and their requirements. We'll emphasize Cisco's role in supporting and enhancing security measures in response to these challenges.
2:30–3:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Daniel Boles, Industrial Solution Architect, Cisco
Behind the scenes: Building Cisco's OT security demos
Our demo at S4 is integrated with a similar demo we're doing at Cisco Live 2025 Amsterdam the same week. Learn about the architecture that ties them all together and how security is blended with the network.
3:00–3:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Kevin Holcomb, Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco
Happy hour reception
Let's close the first day of the conference with a lively reception, 4:00–6:00 p.m. in the Fort Brooke room. Enjoy great conversations, refreshing drinks, and tasty snacks while networking with fellow attendees. We look forward to seeing you there.
Wednesday, February 12
Learn from our speakers on stage and in the Fort Brooke room.
Building a secure network architecture in manufacturing
Learn about building a robust architecture for manufacturing that encompasses network redundancy, connectivity, security, and automation. We'll explore the various stages of deployment while focusing mainly on achieving end-stage maturity.
11:30–12:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Kam Chumley-Soltani, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Cisco
Making OT security easy to deploy at scale
Leverage your network equipment for more than connectivity. How can the industrial network help you simplify OT security deployment and reduce costs? Learn how switches and routers can give you visibility into OT assets and deliver security benefits.
12:00–12:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Sophia Gudenrath, Engineering Product Manager, Cisco
Automating zone segmentation to protect operations
Segmenting industrial networks into small zones of trust is an efficient way to protect operations and prevent attacks from spreading. We'll discuss ways to automate segmentation below the IDMZ and enable collaboration between IT and OT.
12:30–1:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Kevin Holcomb, Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco
SOC of the Future: A single view across IT and OT
As cyberthreats become more complex and more frequent, the need for an advanced, adaptive security operations center (SOC) for IT and OT has never been more critical. We'll discuss strategies to power tomorrow's SOC and innovations to enhance visibility, accelerate response, and reduce complexity.
1:00–1:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Paul Pelletier, Director Security Product Labs, Splunk
Securing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications
Explore the challenges of securing V2X communications and building cyber-resilient roadway infrastructures and intelligent transportation systems (ITS).
3:00–3:30 p.m., stage 2, fourth floor
Kam Chumley-Soltani, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Cisco
Thursday, February 13
Join us in the Fort Brooke room for more sessions, demos, and fun activities.
NERC CIP and the cloud: Are we there yet?
Explore the evolving landscape of NERC CIP compliance as utilities embrace cloud solutions. We'll examine compliance challenges, options to effectively deploy EACMS, and the pros and cons of cloud-based solutions.
11:30–12:00 p.m, Fort Brooke room, second floor
Ruston Johnson, Industry Advisor, Energy and Utilities, Splunk
Counting on the WAN to protect distributed field assets
When connecting field assets, your industrial routers are key to secure remote sites. Learn about network security capabilities (VPN, advanced traffic segmentation, hardware encryption) that routers can provide to protect your operations.
12:00–12:30 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Sophia Gudenrath, Engineering Product Manager, Cisco
Demystifying TSA regulations: What does this even mean?
Explore the impact of TSA regulations on the OT security community through a timeline of key directives and their requirements. We'll emphasize Cisco's role in supporting and enhancing security measures in response to these challenges.
12:30–1:00 p.m., Fort Brooke room, second floor
Daniel Boles, Industrial Solution Architect, Cisco
Drive Splunk's McLaren F1 simulator
Test your driving skills to experience how Cisco and Splunk are enabling McLaren Racing to connect, secure, and collect data in a highly challenging racetrack environment. The best drivers will win prizes.
Dive into Cisco and Splunk OT security demos
Engage in live demos and conversations with our product managers and industrial security experts in the Fort Brooke room.
Comprehensive in-depth OT security
From OT visibility to automated network segmentation to zero-trust remote access and unified IT/OT detection and remediation, see Cisco Industrial Threat Defense in action.
The SOC of the future
See how Cisco and Splunk are unifying IT and OT visibility to detect threats faster and to better protect your IT, IoT, and OT assets with the best of SIEM, XDR, and SOAR tightly integrated together.
Market-leading industrial networking
Learn how the power of Cisco networking innovations can help you create advanced industrial networks to help make your operations more flexible, secure, and efficient.
Can't make it to S4x25? Let's talk.
Schedule a free, no-obligation demo with one of our IT/OT security experts to learn about Cisco Cyber Vision, Industrial Threat Defense, and how Cisco can help you to protect industrial operations.
