Modern security teams are overwhelmed—drowning in alerts, disconnected tools, and reactive “fire drill” responses. Cyber Fusion Centers (CFCs) offer a path out of this chaos, transforming the traditional Security Operations Center into an integrated, intelligence-driven hub that brings together IT and OT data, automation, and cross-functional workflows to reclaim time, reduce risk, and increase visibility.

This session explores how Cyber Fusion Centers enable organizations to move from reactive to proactive defense. By fusing data from disparate sources—firewalls, endpoint telemetry, industrial control systems, asset inventories, and behavioral analytics, ticketing, and more—CFCs give teams a shared operational picture that spans both cyber and physical domains. This is especially critical in environments with legacy OT infrastructure, where visibility and context are often fragmented or nonexistent.

We’ll examine how intelligent automation within a CFC not only reduces alert fatigue and improves incident response times but also creates the foundation for predictive maintenance. By correlating anomalies in OT systems with IT indicators, CFCs can identify early signs of system degradation, unauthorized changes, or latent failure points—enabling preventive actions before incidents escalate into outages or breaches. This capability translates into significant cost savings across operations, maintenance, and security teams alike. We have worked with organizations in Transportation, Manufacturing, Energy and other sectors to achieve incredible results and will share the insights we have gained though decades of experience in the OT cybersecurity space.

Insights:

* How to identify and prioritize IT and OT data sources for fusion

* Building playbooks and automated workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks

* Detecting and responding to blended threats with real-time, cross-domain context

* Leveraging fused data for predictive maintenance and downtime prevention

* Structuring a CFC that supports compliance, scalability, and business alignment

We’ll also discuss how organizations have used Cyber Fusion Centers to strengthen collaboration across departments—bridging the cultural divide between cybersecurity, engineering, and operational stakeholders. By automating routine analysis and surfacing only the most relevant intelligence, CFCs give analysts and engineers their time back to focus on higher-value strategic functions.

Drawing from extensive experience in both red team operations and ICS/OT environments, I’ll share lessons learned from implementing fusion models in critical infrastructure and corporate networks. Real-world examples will highlight both the technical and human challenges of making fusion successful—from data normalization to workflow adoption—and how to overcome them.

This session will provide a blueprint for scaling cybersecurity operations with efficiency, intelligence, and resilience.