General Quarters! The Impact of Cybersecurity on the Maritime Industry

Marco (Marc) Ayala is a process automation professional with over 25 years of experience working in petrochemical facilities where he designed, engineered and maintained process automation, safety systems and integrated networks.

Jason Dely brings over 20 years of experience and a diverse industrial control system background to SANS and the industrial control system (ICS) community.

Michael Murphy is the Head of Operational Technology and Critical Infrastructure at Fortinet. Michael has more than a decade of real-world experience in CI with a background in critical incident response and digital forensics. He has held various roles as a cybersecurity practitioner and has built OT incident response teams for events with real-world ramifications using a broad range of structured knowledge and pre-existing frameworks and standards. Michael’s experience has taught him that adaptability and agility in these scenarios are just as valuable, if not more so, than any playbook. Michael also runs a community group focused on the protection of Critical Infrastructure security.

Sean Plankey is the General Manager of Indigo Vault and Global Head of Cybersecurity Software, with a distinguished career spanning both public and private sectors. A former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Energy, Sean brings deep expertise in critical infrastructure protection, cyber strategy, and software innovation at scale.