Convening operators responsible for preventing commercial and operational failure in large-scale automated and connected operations.
Identity, access, control, transaction, and revenue risk across complex digital and physical environments.
The Operational Risk Council is a peer-led forum for operators accountable for preventing commercial and operational failure in large-scale automated, connected, and software-defined systems.
We focus on the risks that sit between technology, operations, and revenue — where identity, access, control, transactions, and automated decision-making directly affect uptime, safety, financial outcomes, customer experience, and organisational accountability.
The Council exists to create practical, operator-to-operator conversations about how systems fail in the real world — and how those failures are detected, mitigated, and governed at scale.
These environments include digital platforms, transport networks, industrial operations, autonomous fleets, and remote or mission-critical infrastructure.
Who the Council Serves
The Operational Risk Council serves senior operators who are accountable for the commercial and operational performance of large-scale automated and connected systems.
Our community is made up of practitioners responsible for ensuring that identity, access, control, transactions, communications, and automated decisions function reliably at scale — and that failure does not translate into downtime, revenue loss, unsafe conditions, fraud or abuse, regulatory exposure, or reputational damage.
Members typically own environments where software directly controls real-world outcomes — whether that’s payments, ticketing, fleet operations, industrial processes, or remote and autonomous systems.
The Council brings together leaders responsible for:
preventing payment and transaction fraud
protecting revenue and platform integrity
governing identity and access at scale
managing automation and decision systems
maintaining operational continuity in connected environments
and recovering safely when systems fail
Roles commonly represented include:
Heads of Identity and Access Operations
Fraud, Abuse, and Revenue Protection leaders
Transaction and Payments Risk owners
Digital Ticketing and Access Operations leads
Platform Integrity and Trust Operations managers
Operational Risk and Control owners
Remote or Autonomous Operations leaders
Industrial / OT Operations and Control owners
While industries differ, the accountability is the same: when automated systems break, these operators own the consequence.
Members share responsibility for systems where:
identity, access, and entitlement decisions happen at scale
commands, transactions, or control signals must be trusted in real time
fraud, misuse, or unauthorised activity can occur through connected systems
automation and remote operations directly affect uptime, safety, and revenue
failures create immediate operational, financial, or regulatory consequences
The Council is focused on operational ownership and commercial outcomes — not cybersecurity architecture or technology marketing.
How the Council Is Convened
The Operational Risk Council is operated by IOE Events Ltd, the forum operator behind Cyber Senate.
The Council has been established to address commercial and operational risk in large-scale automated and connected operations, where identity, access, control, transactions, communications, and automated decision-making directly affect uptime, safety, revenue, accountability, and trust.
Drawing on over 25 years’ experience convening senior-level, peer-led forums, the Council applies a disciplined operating model focused on practical discussion, operational ownership, and real-world failure.
The Council brings together operators responsible for environments where software and automation control real-world outcomes — including digital platforms, transport and mobility networks, industrial and heavy operations, autonomous fleets, and remote or mission-critical infrastructure.
The Operational Risk Council is deliberately cross-sector and non-cyber in its framing, while benefiting from the same proven approach used to convene Cyber Senate’s operator-led communities.
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