Name: Sponsored Session: Building Secure and Compliant Critical Infrastructure with Open Source - Benjamin Weber, Hitachi Energy
Start: 2026-10-08T13:50:00+0200
End: 2026-10-08T14:30:00+0200

7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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Sponsored Session: Building Secure and Compliant Critical Infrastructure with Open Source - Benjamin Weber, Hitachi Energy

Thursday October 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:30 CEST

Club A (Floor 1)

Critical infrastructure operators face growing pressure to modernize their systems while maintaining the highest levels of security, reliability, and regulatory compliance in an era shaped by regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). In this session, Hitachi shares two real-world modernization journeys with open source from the energy and railway sectors.

The first half focuses on Hitachi Energy’s adoption of Embedded Linux and Yocto for next-generation grid automation products. Hitachi Energy actively contributes to the modernization of energy systems, making electricity more accessible worldwide. In product development, adopting Embedded Linux and Yocto enhances flexibility and maintainability, with strong legal compliance, license management, and open-source collaboration. Hitachi Energy is rolling out Linux-based energy grid automation products and this talk covers their transition to embedded Linux via Yocto, addressing industry protocol support, impacts of CRA, OSS license challenges, and navigating these within a slow-evolving sector.

The second half presents Hitachi Rail’s modernization of mission-critical railway management systems using Keycloak, an open source identity and access management platform. As railway systems become increasingly interconnected, cybersecurity and identity management have become fundamental architectural concerns. We show how secure-by-design principles were applied to modernizing legacy environments, with Keycloak. We also demonstrate how Keycloak helps address several IEC 62443-4-2 requirements and provides a strong foundation for meeting emerging regulatory expectations such as CRA.

Speakers

Benjamin Weber

Business R&D Manager, Hitachi Energy

Benjamin holds a PhD in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich and is with Hitachi Energy since 2023. He held various positions in diverse industries as firmware developer for Linux and other systems as well as design engineer for a fabless semiconductor company.

Bernhard Denner

Chief Architect, Hitachi Rail

Bernhard is the Chief Architect of a cloud-native application platform that forms the foundation of many Hitachi Rail products. With a strong background in IT system administration and software engineering, he began automating infrastructure long before “DevOps” became widely... Read More →

Thursday October 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:30 CEST
Club A (Floor 1)

Safety-Critical Software

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Benjamin Weber

Bernhard Denner

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OSS + ELC EU 2026

Benjamin Weber

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