Matthew Snyder

Abstract: Companies are frequently electing to connect their industrial environments into the corporate network. This connectivity gives unprecedented insight to industrial processes, metrics and measurements, and ability to leverage industrial technologies in new ways. These great business opportunities are put at risk by the outdated technology, fragile components, and operational expectations of the devices that live in the Operational Technology (OT) Network. In many cases, ‘Traditional Security’ is impossible in these environments so creative alternatives have to be considered. This discussion will introduce common OT terminology and architectures, explain industrial environment security challenges, and show how some companies are implementing OT Security in interesting ways.

Matthew Snyder loves to play defense. He has spent his 25-year technical journey building networks, writing code, and implementing security for Wachovia, Ruddick/Harris Teeter, Bank of America, and TIAA. Now, as a Chief Technologist at the Booz Allen Hamilton Commercial Cybersecurity team, he can take this experience and work with a wide spectrum of companies to improve their defenses as well. He is currently focused on designing and implementing industry leading industrial (OT) security but is also leading advanced attack surface reduction, next-generation encryption, and secure cloud architecture initiatives.