Dawn Cappelli
Director of OT-CERT, Dragos
Dawn Cappelli is the Director of OT-CERT (Operational Technology – Cyber Emergency Readiness Team) at Dragos, where she leads initiatives to provide free cybersecurity resources for the industrial control system (ICS) and OT community. Her work focuses on supporting asset owners and operators, especially small to medium-sized businesses, in mitigating cybersecurity risks. Dawn coordinates with Dragos' teams to develop tailored OT cybersecurity resources and builds a global partnership network to share best practices and address shared ICS/OT challenges. Previously, Dawn served as CISO and Director of Insider Risk at Rockwell Automation from 2016 to 2022. She founded and directed the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Dawn holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. She co-authored "The CERT Guide to Insider Threats," which is part of the Cybersecurity Canon.