Workshop Details:

Date
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (CDT)
Location Name
Roam Grandscape
Full Address
5752 Grandscape Boulevard
Suite 225
The Colony, TX 75056
United States

Agenda:

  • 12:00 pm Arrivals and Lunch
  • 12:30 pm Welcome / Fortinet OT Overview, Vision and Strategy
  • 1:00 pm Defense in Depth Using the Fortinet OT Security Platform
  • 2:00 pm Break
  • 2:15 pm Hands-On Workshop
  • 3:45 pm Closing Remarks

What You'll Learn:

  • Traditional and modern segmentation methods for operational environments including the risks associated with a flat network architecture.
  • Segmentation practices to support compliance with NIST, IEC 62443 and other operational cybersecurity frameworks.
  • Applying and enforcing access control policies with the FortiGate Next Generation Firewall.
  • Dynamically assigning role-based controls to group applications, link data, and limit access to specific groups in order to fortify OT defenses providing fine-grained control that adjusts access based on continuously assessing the trust of devices and users.
  • Configure virtual patching through IPS and industrial protocol visibility and security, plus implementing deception techniques to protect OT.

Presenter:

James Herrera
James Herrera
Systems Engineering Specialist, OT
Fortinet

James Herrera has 20+ years of experience helping industrial organizations in aviation, oil and gas, manufacturing and energy architect technology solutions to support infrastructure and cybersecurity.

James has grown his expertise in networking, engineering and architecture through his prior roles at Emerson Process Management, Roper Technologies and special projects for NASA. His technology expertise spans on-prem infrastructure and networking management to virtualization and cloud-based deployment.  Most recently, James supported the IT and OT enterprise cybersecurity initiatives for accounts in the energy sector across greater Texas. He has been instrumental in providing IT/OT pipeline-compliant cybersecurity solutions for midsize and enterprise oil/gas customers.

In his current role, he serves as Operational Technology systems engineering specialist where is he leverages his “put yourself in their shoes” thinking to guide customers toward solutions to deliver on their cybersecurity strategies for industrial control environments.  James holds an associate’s degree in mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.