Is OT Security Too Complex to Protect What Matters?

Cybersecurity Leaders on Cutting Through OT Complexity Ahead of CS4CA Canada 2026 Joshua Cunningham-Marsh • May 13, 2026

As ransomware, nation-state actors and IT-OT convergence expand the attack surface across Canada's critical infrastructure, the tools and frameworks meant to protect operational technology environments risk adding complexity faster than they add security. The question facing energy, utilities and manufacturing sectors is no longer just how to defend OT systems, but whether the defense itself has become the problem.

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Trent Johannesson, CISO at Phoenix Energy Services; Henry Bosch, associate director of OT systems and security at Epcor; Martin Laberge, executive director and CISO at Énergir; and Prashant, senior cyber security advisor at Enbridge, convened ahead of the CS4CA Canada summit, scheduled June 2-3 in Hudson, Calgary, to address a pressing question: Has OT security become too complex to be effective ...