
Head of ICS Cyber Security Dept., Ministry of Environmental Protection, Israel
Yosi Shavit, MBA, CISO, CISM, CDPSE, CC, is a globally recognized expert in cybersecurity for IT and OT systems. With over 25 years of experience in the cyber and information security industry, he has worked hands-on, provided consulting, and developed methodologies.
Currently, Shavit serves as Head of the ICS Cyber Security Department at Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection. He oversees cybersecurity regulation, instruction, and enforcement for Israel’s hazardous materials industry, covering OT, ICS, and SCADA systems in more than 4,000 plants.
Shavit recently introduced a unique cyber risk assessment methodology tailored to the hazardous materials sector. He is also a lecturer on cyber and information security at Achva Academic College in Israel and has spoken at international conferences, including Cyber Security for Critical Assets – Europe (London, October 2018), the 2nd Asia ICS Cyber Security Conference (Singapore, November 2018), Cybertech Global (Tel Aviv, January 2020), CS4CA World (Virtual, June 2020), Cybertech Global UAE (Dubai, April 2021), and many more.