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SME Questionnaire Form - July 28

Publication Target Date: July 28


Submission Deadline: July 18


Article Working Title: AI adoption in OT security is accelerating faster than governance


Editorial Brief: AI has already entered OT security through detection platforms, vulnerability management, incident analysis, vendor products, cloud services, and employee use of general-purpose tools. Takepoint Research’s 2026 survey will show where adoption is occurring, which risks practitioners consider credible, and whether governance is keeping pace. The immediate concern is not autonomous control, but AI-generated alerts, risk scores, summaries, and recommendations influencing analysts, engineers, and operators despite limited operational context. The article will focus on where AI is delivering value, where it remains unreliable, where human judgment must remain decisive, and how organizations are managing vendor-embedded and shadow AI. It will also address ownership and accountability when AI-supported decisions affect plant operations, safety, availability, or cyber response.

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Where is AI already being used in OT security operations, including through vendor products and employee workflows, and where are organizations most likely to overlook that use?

Which AI-enabled OT security use cases are delivering credible value today, and where does the technology still fall short?

When an AI system produces an alert, risk score, incident summary, or remediation recommendation, what determines whether that output is reliable enough to influence an operational decision?

What can go wrong when AI adoption moves ahead of clear ownership, human review, escalation, and accountability processes?

How should responsibility be assigned when an AI-supported recommendation contributes to a decision affecting plant operations, safety, or availability?

What practical governance steps should an industrial organization take now to gain control of AI use without blocking legitimate experimentation or useful applications?

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