Pulling Data From Drawings Using AI
Ian Fox
S4x24 - ICS Security Conference · Day 1 · Stage 3
In the realm of Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS), understanding the intricate interdependencies between digital assets and physical processes is paramount for effective security and operational resilience. Ian Fox's talk at S4 addresses a critical challenge: the difficulty of reasoning about large, complex industrial systems—such as factories and oil rigs—when much of their design and operational context is locked away in static, often outdated, engineering diagrams. This talk introduces a novel approach to overcome this hurdle by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extract crucial data from these drawings and construct a dynamic, actionable graph model of the OT environment.
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This talk presents a genuinely novel and impactful approach to a critical problem in OT security: bridging the gap between digital asset intelligence and physical process context. By leveraging AI to parse complex industrial engineering diagrams and build a dynamic graph model, Ian Fox outlines a solution that directly addresses the lack of contextual awareness in vulnerability management and incident response. It's a clear demonstration of how advanced techniques can yield actionable intelligence, moving beyond buzzwords to deliver real value for defenders in a notoriously challenging…