Recognizing that our most significant threats no longer respect the boundary between physical and digital—where a cyber-attack can defeat physical controls and a physical breach can enable a network intrusion—how are we structuring our governance and risk management to ensure we can protect our most critical business functions from a single, converged attack?

We should

Here is how structuring governance and risk to protect critical business functions from a single, converged attack:
A Converged Risk Council led jointly by the CISO and other ldrship, with a single risk taxonomy and clear ownership across IT, OT, and physical security.
Iden of critical processes and mapping their dependencies across applns, OT assets, facilities, and vendors, with resilience requirements defined end to end.
Integrated control framework aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 & ISO 27001, ensuring cyber and physical measures are connected to real-world scenarios.
A fusion SOC and GSOC with shared IDS/EDR, and OT sensors, with correlated alerts.

Unified playbooks addressing both cyber and physical dimensions of an incident, validated through joint tabletop and live exercises.
Strong IT/OT network segmentation and identity-first access for both logical and physical entry points.
Vendor clauses covering cyber-physical risks and site checklists ensuring minimum build and control standards.
Metrics and reporting: Common KRIs and KPIs including detection and response times, badge anomalies, control uptime, and fail-safe status, tracked via board-level dashboards.

Way ahead: A 12-month program with prioritized gap closures, funding requests, and milestones to strengthen resilience.