Rockwell launches cybersecurity video season

Rockwell Automation said on Sept. 8 that it has launched a new cybersecurity season of ROKStudios, its video interview series built around customers, manufacturers and the company’s own consultants. The company said the season will focus on recent research, incident-response lessons and practical steps for securing industrial operations. Rockwell described the series as part of its broader industrial automation and digital transformation offering. The new season fits a pattern Rockwell has used across ROKStudios this year, with earlier installments centered on sustainability, digitalization, machine lifecycle management and the path from automation to autonomy. The cybersecurity edition shifts that format toward operational resilience and industrial threat response. ### Who is Rockwell putting in front of the camera? Rockwell’s ROKStudios hub says the series features insights from Rockwell, its customers and partners, with videos positioned as guidance on unifying people, processes and technology. (markets.ft.com) The Sept. 8 announcement said the cybersecurity season would include global manufacturers and cybersecurity leaders. Andrew Peckston, head of supply chain cyber security and infrastructure at Mondelēz International, appears in one posted segment on “elevating cybersecurity as a strategic business priority.” Rockwell’s page says Peckston discusses the convergence of information technology and operational technology, along with risk, collaboration and governance in complex industrial environments. (rockwellautomation.com) Olaf Clemens, chief executive of SN Maschinenbau, appears in another segment on cyber resilience across the lifecycle of packaging machinery. (rockwellautomation.com) Rockwell says Clemens discusses embedding security from factory acceptance testing through aftersales to protect data integrity and support resilient operations. ### What is Rockwell saying the season will cover? The Sept. 8 release says the episodes will combine recent research with incident-response strategies and practical measures for resilient operations. (rockwellautomation.com) That framing puts the emphasis on plant-floor security, not consumer privacy or office-network compliance. Rockwell’s posted episode descriptions point to several recurring themes: business continuity, lifecycle security, leadership alignment and the operational consequences of IT-OT convergence. (rockwellautomation.com) In the Mondelēz segment, the company says Peckston addresses capability investment and how to embed cybersecurity into supply-chain strategy. In the SN Maschinenbau segment, Rockwell says Clemens links cyber controls to connectivity, data integrity and downtime reduction. (markets.ft.com) ### Why does this matter beyond factories? Operational technology security practices described in the series have overlap with hospitals, laboratories and medical-device environments because those settings also rely on connected equipment, segmented networks and uptime-sensitive operations. That overlap is an inference based on the industrial control focus Rockwell describes, rather than a claim Rockwell makes directly in the release. Rockwell’s own language stays centered on manufacturers and industrial operators. (rockwellautomation.com) But the issues named in the episode pages — governance, incident response, legacy equipment, data integrity and business continuity — are also familiar in healthcare operational technology environments, where imaging systems, infusion platforms, building controls and other connected assets can create similar security dependencies. That comparison is an inference drawn from the types of systems involved. (markets.ft.com) ### Where is the material being published? Rockwell is publishing the season through its ROKStudios hub, which collects video segments under its company news and presentations pages. The hub already lists cybersecurity-related entries including “Securing What the World Relies On: The Evolution of Rockwell Cybersecurity,” the Mondelēz interview and the SN Maschinenbau interview. The Sept. 8 announcement did not specify a fixed episode count or release calendar in the material reviewed. (rockwellautomation.com) Rockwell’s hub says viewers can watch more videos there, and the company’s news pages show ROKStudios seasons have been rolled out in installments during 2026. (markets.ft.com)