Podcast: ICS Arabia Podcast
Episode: Securing the Food Industry | 63
Pub date: 2025-12-26

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In this insightful episode, host Dr Sulaiman Alhasawi sits down with Adnan Ahmad, CISO at Ornua, the global dairy cooperative behind Kerrygold, operating 11 factories across Europe, the US, and Saudi Arabia.They dive into the unique world of OT security in food manufacturing, where:🔹 Production uptime & safety > cybersecurity (until something breaks)

🔹 Equipment can be 10–50 years old — replaced only when broken

🔹 A cyberattack could mean contaminated products, recalls, or brand damageAdnan shares how he leads both IT & OT security with a unified strategy based on IEC 62443 and ISO27001, emphasizing:

✅ Asset visibility

✅ Network segmentation

✅ Joint IT-OT governance

✅ Tailored training for floor workers to leadership

He also discusses compliance under EU’s NIS2 Directive, the risks of recipe tampering via PLCs, and the need for stronger collaboration — especially in the Middle East.

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