Industry Pathways: Industrial Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience

Wednesday, September 22, 2027 | 12:00–2:00 PM ET
Virtual Event

Protecting What Matters: Industrial Security, Infrastructure Resilience & the Future of National Preparedness

America's critical infrastructure faces an increasingly complex security environment. Cyberattacks, physical threats, extreme weather, and disruptions to essential supply chains can affect the systems that power communities, support national defense, and sustain economic activity. As industrial facilities become more connected and dependent on digital technology, protecting them requires a coordinated approach to physical security, cybersecurity, operational continuity, and emergency preparedness. Organizations need professionals who can anticipate threats, assess vulnerabilities, manage risk, and maintain essential operations when disruptions occur.

About FourBlock Industry Pathways

FourBlock Industry Pathways address workforce demand and skill gaps by organizing engagement at the industry level rather than the job level, creating a system where employers, talent, and workforce demand are aligned in real time.

This event helps participants understand the industrial security and infrastructure resilience landscape, recognize where their experience aligns with industry needs, and connect with employer perspectives on protecting mission-critical systems.

Industry Sector

Industrial Base, Defense & National Security

This sector encompasses industrial security, defense-related infrastructure, critical manufacturing, and the protection of mission-essential facilities, technologies, and operations that support national security and economic resilience.

Market Signals

• Industrial facilities remain prominent cyberattack targets: IBM's 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index found that manufacturing accounted for 27.7% of incidents observed by its researchers in 2025, making it the most-attacked industry in that dataset for the fifth consecutive year. This reinforces the importance of industrial cybersecurity, threat monitoring, and incident response.

  IBM Newsroom

• Cybersecurity expertise is a growing workforce priority: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 21% employment growth for information security analysts from 2025 to 2035, with approximately 14,100 annual openings. Protecting industrial networks and critical systems creates opportunities for professionals with technical, analytical, and risk-management capabilities.

  Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Supply chain vulnerabilities are increasing security complexity: IBM's 2026 research identified a nearly fourfold increase in large supply chain or third-party compromises since 2020. Organizations need stronger vendor risk assessment, access controls, supplier oversight, and business continuity planning.

  IBM Newsroom

• Infrastructure resilience requires coordinated planning: CISA's March 2025 Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework emphasizes understanding interconnected systems, assessing hazards, preparing for disruptions, and coordinating recovery across organizations. This highlights career opportunities in risk assessment, emergency management, and resilience planning.

  CISA

• Expanding infrastructure is creating new protection challenges: The Department of Energy's July 2026 draft National Transmission Needs Study identified growing electricity demand from data centers, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. Expanding and modernizing these systems increases the importance of infrastructure security, reliability engineering, and operational preparedness.

  Department of Energy

Explore Career Paths In

• Industrial Security & Physical Protection: Safeguarding facilities, personnel, equipment, and sensitive assets through security planning and access controls.

• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing vulnerabilities and implementing protective measures for essential industrial and public systems.

• Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity: Securing industrial control systems, manufacturing equipment, and connected operational networks.

• Security Risk Assessment & Intelligence Analysis: Identifying threats, evaluating vulnerabilities, and translating intelligence into practical protective measures.

• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery: Developing plans that help organizations maintain and restore operations during disruptions.

• Emergency Management & Crisis Response: Coordinating preparedness exercises, incident response, and recovery activities.

• Industrial Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Supporting workplace safety, security standards, inspections, and regulatory requirements.

• Security Program & Project Management: Leading security initiatives, coordinating stakeholders, and managing protective technology deployments.

• Supply Chain Security & Vendor Risk Management: Evaluating supplier vulnerabilities and protecting critical materials, services, and logistics networks.

• Infrastructure Resilience Engineering: Improving the reliability and recoverability of facilities and essential systems; technical roles may require engineering qualifications.

What to Expect

Expert Panel Discussion

Hear from leaders across industrial security, critical infrastructure protection, and national security-related industries as they share insights on emerging threats, workforce demand, and veteran hiring priorities.

Topics will include the convergence of physical and cybersecurity, protection of industrial control systems, infrastructure resilience planning, and the importance of coordinated incident response.

Participants will gain a clearer understanding of how organizations protect mission-critical operations, which capabilities employers value, and where military and civilian professional experience can contribute to security and resilience careers.

Virtual Breakout Sessions

Connect directly with employer partners, recruiters, and hiring managers to explore career pathways aligned with your experience and interests, including industrial security, critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, risk management, and emergency preparedness.

These interactive conversations provide opportunities to ask about transferable skills, security qualifications, relevant certifications, potential entry points, and career progression.

Participants can also explore how experience in military force protection, intelligence, logistics, communications, engineering, emergency response, and operational planning may translate into civilian security careers. Certain positions may require specialized technical training, background investigations, or security clearances.

Who Should Attend?

This event is open to all transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses interested in exploring careers in industrial security, critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness, and organizational resilience.

Whether you have experience in security operations, intelligence, cybersecurity, engineering, logistics, risk management, project management, or emergency response—or are exploring this industry for the first time—this event will help you identify opportunities aligned with your capabilities and interests.

Participants will discover career pathways across defense contractors, industrial manufacturers, utilities, infrastructure operators, security consulting firms, and organizations responsible for protecting essential systems, including technical, operational, analytical, and management roles.

Registration

Discover how your experience can contribute to protecting the infrastructure, facilities, and systems essential to America's security and economic strength. Join FourBlock to connect with industry professionals, explore career pathways, and learn where your skills can help organizations anticipate threats, strengthen resilience, and maintain mission-critical operations.

Register today: [Registration link]