Every industrial AI deployment is a safety decision.
CIAS ensures the people making those decisions have the standards, training, and frameworks to get them right.
The Problem
Industrial AI is moving fast.
Safety standards aren't.
The gap between AI capability and industrial safety governance is widening every day.
AI adoption in critical infrastructure is accelerating faster than governance can keep pace.
Existing AI governance frameworks weren't built for environments where failures can be catastrophic.
Regulatory pressure is mounting. Organizations that lead on standards won't be caught reacting.
IT-centric AI frameworks miss the reality of OT environments, safety-critical systems, and physical consequences.
What Is CIAS?
The bridge between AI governance
and industrial security.
A member-driven council building the frameworks and community that industrial AI safety demands.
Frameworks & Practices
Industry-specific recommended practices for deploying AI in industrial environments — built by operators, for operators.
Incident Sharing
Anonymized incident sharing under Chatham House rules — learn from the industry's near-misses without the liability.
Working Groups
Collaborative working groups tackling specific challenges: autonomous systems, predictive maintenance AI, LLM integration in SCADA.
Annual Summit
The premier gathering for industrial AI safety — bringing together operators, regulators, researchers, and vendors.
Why Join
Lead the standard.
Don't chase it.
Shape Standards
Author the frameworks your industry will follow — instead of scrambling to comply later.
Brand Insurance
Demonstrable proof of due diligence on AI safety — before an incident forces the conversation.
Peer Network
Connect with operators, CISOs, and engineers solving the same problems in critical infrastructure.
Regulatory Front-Running
Anticipate and influence regulation rather than react to it. Members get early access to policy analysis.
Board-Level Cover
Give your board confidence that AI risk is being managed with recognized industry standards.
Free Resources
No paywall. No lead capture.
Start here.
Everything we publish is free to use and share. Industrial AI safety is too important to gate behind a form.
White Paper · 21 Pages
Before the Incident: A Framework for Industrial AI Safety
21 pages of operator-focused guidance with a complete governance framework. Maps AI risk to PSM elements, IEC 62443, ISA-84, and NIST AI RMF — written by operators, for operators.
Download PDFSelf-Assessment · 15 Questions
Is Your Plant Ready for AI? 15 Critical Questions Every Operator Should Answer
15 questions every plant manager should answer before their next PSM audit. If you can't answer "yes" to these, your facility has AI governance gaps that need immediate attention.
Founding Members
Limited to 8 seats.
Founding Members shape CIAS from day one — co-authoring frameworks, holding board seats, and defining the future of industrial AI safety. Operators only.
Founding
By Invitation · Operators Only
- Board seat
- Framework co-authorship
- Logo on all materials
- Summit keynote slot
- Private working groups
- Chatham House Slack channel
- Locked pricing for life
Full Member
Starting 2026
- Working group participation
- Early framework access
- Summit attendance
- Member directory
- Quarterly briefings
- Community Slack
Associate / Academic
Starting 2026
- Framework access
- Public working groups
- Summit attendance
- Community Slack
- Newsletter
- Event discounts
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Leadership
Built by practitioners,
not policymakers.
Drew Stelly, PhD
Executive Director
Cybersecurity red teamer with a PhD in Computer Science. Specializing in offensive security for industrial control systems. Drew bridges the gap between cybersecurity research and the operational realities of critical infrastructure.
Advisory Council
Forming Now
Assembling leaders from government, academia, and industry to guide CIAS standards development and strategic direction. Advisory Council seats are by invitation.
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