Strong on Controls, Light on Decisions: What We Heard at the 2026 ICS Cybersecurity Conference
Zscaler, Friday, October 16th, 2026
Zscaler recaps the 2026 ICS Cybersecurity Conference, from AI-shortened IT-to-OT attack paths to AI agents in plants.
Zscaler recaps takeaways from this month's ICS Cybersecurity Conference in Nashville, led by a talk on testing frontier AI models against an isolated OT testbed.
The post asks whether AI is shortening the path from IT to OT, whether network boundaries make decisions or merely forward packets, why operators route around secure remote access and whether virtual patching can keep up with AI-found vulnerabilities.
It closes with guidance on AI agents in plants and what OT teams should do differently.