• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Michael Lester

Emerson

Director - Cybersecurity Strategy, Governance and Architecture

Michael Lester, Director of cybersecurity strategy, governance, and architecture at Emerson Automation Solutions, oversees the global development and implementation of cybersecurity solutions in the company’s products and services. Mr. Lester is a thought leader in digital transformation and a cybersecurity champion who works with a variety of engineering and development organizations and teams on developing secure architectures and designs. He joined Emerson in 2007 after serving 22 years in the US Air Force. During his final decade with the Air Force, he specialized in information technology and network security, information systems management, and business intelligence. Mr. Lester is certified with both CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) and GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional). He received a Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems from Park University in Parkville, Missouri.

Sessions With Michael Lester

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 10:30am - 11:15am (CST) / -

    Energy Infrastructure: How vulnerable to cyber attack?
    Panel Technology/Innovation Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    Headlines alert us to the risks of aging energy infrastructure across North America, and enormous vulnerability to cyber-attacks, both state-sponsored and individual. How likely are those attacks to really happen, and what will be the damage? What are the new sources ofcyber risk and the state of the art responses to mitigate these? Are there good short- and long-term solutions to the cybersecurity problem?