This interactive tabletop exercise provides a hands-on, simulated experience that
brings together key decision-makers in your organization to explore and address real-world
hardware supply chain cybersecurity challenges.
Participants will engage in a dynamic learning environment designed to:
- Raise awareness: Understand the critical risks and vulnerabilities in hardware supply chains.
- Improve preparedness: Identify gaps in current corporate practices and develop actionable strategies.
- Enhance communication: Strengthen cross-departmental collaboration during crises.
- Build expertise: Gain insights into researched countermeasures and security models.
Participants will represent different departments in a simulated organization (management,
engineering, IT, communications) and collaborate through meticulously designed scenarios
inspired by real-world incidents.
Each scenario includes:
- Introduction: Context and background of the security challenge.
- Playthrough: Decisions made by participants shape the unfolding events.
- Post-scenario discussion: Analyze actions, outcomes, and gaps.
- Expert insights: Learn about real-world events, security frameworks, and leading-edge solutions.
This exercise is ideal for decision-makers and leadership teams in sectors such as
energy, automotive, healthcare, and aerospace.
Group structure:
- Up to ten participants per group
- Four groups simulate key organizational departments
No prerequisites needed
- No prior knowledge or materials are required.
- Experience in cybersecurity, supply chain or IT is beneficial.
Dr. Sebastian Fischmeister
Co-founder and CEO,
Palitronica Inc. | Professor, University of Waterloo | Cheriton School of Computer
Science
Dr. Sebastian Fischmeister is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and holds a cross-appointment with the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
As the leader of the Real-time Embedded Software Group, he conducts pioneering research at the intersection of safety and security in safety-critical
systems. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Palitronica, a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting critical infrastructure and key
resources from cyber threats. Palitronica develops advanced hardware and software
solutions to defend sectors such as defense, energy, communications, transportation,
and healthcare against adversaries, including nation-states, cybercrime gangs, and
malicious insiders.
Dr. Fischmeister's work has yielded significant contributions, including the development
of a framework for real-time Ethernet, dynamic binary instrumentation for time-aware
systems, real-time runtime verification, and hardware/software attestation through
side-channel analysis. His current focus involves leveraging data-driven approaches
to enhance physics-based cybersecurity, with applications in supply chain resilience.
A licensed Canadian Professional Engineer, Dr. Fischmeister is deeply involved in
shaping international standards through his work with SAE G-19 and advancing global
security guidelines with MITRE.