Tech Events at Alpha Works, Birmingham

CyberQ Group and Rocketgx on technical debt — locating where yours actually sits, what it is costing, and the practical order in which to pay it down before it compounds. Free, at Alpha Works, during Birmingham Tech Week.

Target Integration hosts a session at Alpha Works on what happens to the attack surface when industrial systems and OT environments get connected to cloud platforms, 15:00 to 17:00. The premise is that the efficiency gains of the digital factory arrive with new attack vectors attached, and that most manufacturers are further ahead on connectivity than on the security strategy to go with it. The session works through where those risks actually sit in a connected production environment and what a credible cyber strategy looks like alongside a transformation programme. Free, in person, on the 22nd floor of Alpha Tower during Birmingham Tech Week. Why go: OT security is badly under-covered in a region built on advanced manufacturing. Best for manufacturing IT and operations leads, and security people whose remit has just grown to include the factory floor.

CyberQ Group and Microsoft on turning Zero Trust from a framework diagram into something that actually runs, at Alpha Works on the 22nd floor of Suffolk Street Queensway. The session is about execution: the operational alignment it demands, the identity groundwork that has to come first, and the order in which organisations sequence the work so that it does not stall halfway. Two hours, 13:00 to 15:00, free, during Birmingham Tech Week. Why go: most Zero Trust content stops at the principles, and the hard part is everything after. Best for security architects, IT leads and CTOs who have the mandate and are working out where to start.