Joe Del Prado
OT & ICS Cybersecurity for Rail and Transport
Pragmatic cyber resilience for safety-critical operations: monitoring, threat modelling, and governance that works in the real world.
Ways I Help
Practical cybersecurity for operational technology environments
OT Monitoring Design
Make monitoring actionable for operations and maintainers. Align telemetry and dashboards to operational questions, not just security alerts.
Threat Modelling
Translate threat scenarios into mitigations and assurance. Identify credible risks and map them to practical controls that work in constrained OT environments.
Risk Governance
Turn technical risk into prioritised work and funding cases. Bridge the gap between engineering reality and boardroom decisions.
Detection Engineering
Increase signal-to-noise and shorten triage time. Build detection logic that reduces alert fatigue and surfaces what matters.
Incident Readiness
Integrate cyber response with operational incident management. Create playbooks and exercises that work under real operational constraints.
Automation & Tooling
Use automation to reduce toil and improve consistency. Apply practical tooling to streamline security operations without adding complexity.
Selected Outcomes
Results from work in critical infrastructure environments
Improved visibility by aligning telemetry and dashboards to operational questions.
Delivered threat modelling that supported prioritisation and assurance.
Defined practical escalation and triage approaches suitable for OT constraints.
Led the first cyber incident response tabletop exercise for a major transport environment.
Directed IDS deployments across rolling stock fleets.
Coordinated NIS remediation across multiple work packages for regulatory compliance.
Writing & Speaking
Sharing knowledge with the professional community
Cyber Security in Railway Operations
Article for the Chartered Institute of Railway Operators magazine, exploring practical approaches to cyber resilience in rail environments.
CIRO Diploma Guest Speaker
Invited guest speaker for the CIRO Diploma in Railway Operations Management, sharing insights on OT cybersecurity for rail professionals.
National Cyber Security Awards 2025
Winner of 'CNI Team of the Year' and nominated for 'Emerging Talent of the Year', recognising excellence in critical infrastructure security.