Technical expertise and operational understanding
The third paper describes communication, coordination and technical skills for a converged OT/IT environment. It discusses how existing roles need to understand physical safety, industrial protocols and operational constraints.
Roles are not interchangeable
The paper maps eleven roles from the NICE framework used at the time to OT considerations. These historical role codes should not be treated as a checked 2026 workforce taxonomy. The underlying task remains useful: clarify who understands the process, who authorises changes and who handles a cybersecurity event.
Read the series introduction, Part 1 overview and Part 2 overview. Try the incident-readiness exercise to expose gaps in responsibilities.
Contributors to the original publication
The 2020 paper acknowledges the following contributors. Affiliations are reproduced as printed in that document.
| Name | Affiliation in the publication |
|---|---|
| Antoine D’Haussy | Fortinet |
| Bart de Wijs | ABB |
| Chris Duffey | Splunk |
| Damon Small | NCC Group |
| Dharmesh Ghelani | Qualys |
| Gunter Ollmann | Microsoft |
| Jason Wolff | WESCO |
| Luca Barba | Forescout |
| Michelle Balderson | Fortinet |
| Päivi Brunou | Wärtsilä |
| Russell Kempley | CyberOwl |
| Tom Thirer | SCADAfence |
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