Regional IT/OT Security Coordinator Role Overview
The Regional IT/OT Security Coordinator EMEA is the operational link between the global CISO office and local sites. Their role is to turn global standards into practical solutions that enhance resilience across a portfolio of manufacturing plants.
Key Responsibilities:
* Incident Response & Communication: The IT/OT Security Coordinator manages and supports investigations of IT/OT security incidents with SOC and site teams, providing OT context for triage, containment, and recovery.
* Asset Management & Audit Evidence: They facilitate IT/OT asset data collection and maintain accurate OT security evidence packs for each site, ensuring they stay current and reusable for audits such as TISAX, customer assessments, and internal reviews.
* Policy, Governance & Risk: They enforce global IT/OT security policies at site level, identify and escalate regional risks, and provide feedback to ensure guidelines are practical.
* Network Segmentation & Remote Access: The IT/OT Security Coordinator coordinates Purdue-aligned zoning and firewall rules, reviews proposed changes, and governs remote and vendor access solutions, aligning with global security policies and Automotive standards.
* Vulnerability, Patch & Backup Coordination: They oversee OT vulnerability management with central teams, ensuring realistic patching and remediation plans, and define backup and recovery procedures with regular restore tests documented.
* Security Knowledge & Stakeholder Engagement: They support security aspects of regional projects, respond to customer inquiries about site-level security posture, promote IT/OT security awareness, build trusting relationships, and act as a feedback channel to the CISO office.