Critical Infrastructure Defense Experience · London 2026
Hands-on experience for the people who protect critical infrastructure. Skip the slides - test your skills, learn from practitioners, and leave with something to show for it.
- Presented by OPSWAT Academy™
- Delivered with Safeskillz Ltd.
- Free Entry · Limited Seats
Experiences Tailored to You
CIDX is shaped around what you need: real challenges, direct access to people already doing the work, and skills you can use right away.
All About Experience
Most industry events are built to be watched. CIDX is built to be experienced firsthand.
Experience the Front Line of Cyber Defense
Date: November 7, 2026
Location: King's College London
OPSWAT-Invited Experts
Engage with internationally recognised voices in OT and critical infrastructure security.
A Day at CIDX
- 8:30 - Registration and networking
- 9:30 - Welcome and introductions
- 9:45 - Documentary screening
- 10:30 - Refreshment break
- 11:00 - Panel I
- 11:55 - Technical talk
- 12:30 - Lunch and networking
- 1:20 - Parallel block
- 3:55 - CIDX awards
- 4:30 - CTF winners and certification presentation
- 4:55 - Closing remarks and group photograph
Preliminary running order. Times to be confirmed.
FAQs
Yes, registration is free, with a limited number of seats per city.
Students, cybersecurity professionals, educators, government representatives, and critical-infrastructure operators. No experience required.
No. Challenges span every skill level, and the online qualifier a couple of weeks before each city helps you warm up.
A London-exclusive team challenge - Save Europe's Smart Factory - where teams work through a six-stage industrial incident against the clock.
Yes, every participant receives an OPSWAT Academy certificate of completion.
Venues are being confirmed and will be announced ahead of each date. Register to be notified first.