About Me
Farzad Beykzadeh | CISA | CISM | CRISC | CGRC | CISSP-ISSEP | GICSP | ISA/IEC 62443 Expert | Six Sigma Yellow Belt
I’m a business-driven leader with a deep passion for securing the integrated industrial digital landscape. My extensive 15 years of experience includes IT/OT Security, field IT construction, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), digital transformation, security architecture/engineering, project/program management, and human skills. My customers over the years includes U.S. Government, automotive/heavy machinery manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, oil & gas, water treatment, power and utilities, and pharmaceuticals/life science critical infrastructure sectors.
My focus is to champion OT Security strategies and be the voice of my customers to ensure that safety, reliability, and productivity are prioritized to achieve target business outcomes. As a people leader, I believe fostering a culture of transparency, inclusion, and humbleness are the keys to organizational success.
In my spare time, I provide external business consultation services through my Security-focused IT/OT Convergence approach. This approach delivers strategic consulting for critical infrastructure asset owners, helping them secure and align their information and operational technology environments.
Strategic Consulting Sessions
Business consulting services: You are in the driver seat. Let me be your navigator to fully explore your current business strategy. You may already know where the roadblocks are ahead. You may also have some blind spots. Together, we can identify those challenging roads and develop opportunities to your destination.
Security-focused IT/OT Convergence™
Let's talk about your business strategy, and we can develop a game plan to enable long-term value, with security in mind!
As organizations converge IT and OT ecosystems, they face growing cybersecurity challenges with Operations, IT, Information Security, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and many other key teams.
Traditional IT security frameworks and approaches often fail to address the unique demands of OT, where safe, reliable, and productive business strategies and operations are critical. The increasing connectivity between IT and OT has created new business opportunities, such as digital transformation. However, many businesses and asset owners face strategic challenges.
How do I gain buy-in with my key stakeholders strategically? How do I address my security challenges today and into the future? The Security-focused IT/OT convergence approach turns those challenges, and more, into business opportunities for the long-term.