CSAFI Fireside Chats

Fireside chats

Candid conversations between a CSAFI voice and a leader from across the food industry — on the threats, the practices and the people keeping our food supply secure.

Upcoming chats

Aug 21, 2026

Poultry+4Seafood & Aquaculture, Dairy, Meat, Beverage

Recent attack and how to stop it

Poojal

Senior Analyst

D

dnesh

bubble dev, csafi

Aug 23, 2026

Poultry+1Meat

Segmenting a poultry plant without stopping the line

SL

Sofia Lindgren

Chair, CSAFI Technical Council

TA

Tom Ashworth

OT Security Lead, Fenwick Poultry Group

Aug 30, 2026

Food Logistics & Warehousing+1Seafood & Aquaculture

When the cold chain goes dark

AO

Amara Okafor

Director of Programmes, CSAFI

HV

Helena Vosloo

Director of Operations, Northern Cold Chain

Sep 6, 2026

Beverage

Every PLC had the same password

SL

Sofia Lindgren

Chair, CSAFI Technical Council

CR

Callum Reid

Automation Manager, Kelvin Brewing Co.

Sep 13, 2026

Dairy

The recall we rehearsed, and the one we got

AO

Amara Okafor

Director of Programmes, CSAFI

IH

Ingrid Halvorsen

Quality & Food Safety Director, Nordal Dairy

Sep 20, 2026

Grain & Cereals

Security with a team of one

TO

Thomas Okada

Head of Member Advisory, CSAFI

MK

Marta Kowalczyk

IT Manager, Vistula Grain Cooperative

Sep 27, 2026

Industrial Baking & Snack Manufacturing

The oven runs on Windows XP

SL

Sofia Lindgren

Chair, CSAFI Technical Council

YD

Yusuf Demir

Head of Engineering, Anatolia Bakeries

Oct 4, 2026

Seafood & Aquaculture

Traceability data is now a target

DR

Daniel Reyes

Head of Industry Research, CSAFI

AL

Aria Lindqvist

Chief Information Officer, Blue Harbour Seafood

Oct 11, 2026

Retail Processing & Manufacturing

What the insurer asked afterwards

TO

Thomas Okada

Head of Member Advisory, CSAFI

GA

Grace Adeyemi

Group Risk Manager, Harvest Retail Group

Past chats

Aug 19, 2026

Poultry+9Meat, Seafood & Aquaculture, Dairy, Beverage, Grain & Cereals, Industrial Baking & Snack Manufacturing, Food Logistics & Warehousing, Retail Processing & Manufacturing, Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others

Testing Fireside Chat

Poojal Mehta

Senior Analyst

Y

Yuraj

Chief, CSAFI

Aug 16, 2026

Retail Processing & Manufacturing+1Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others

Nobody reads the supplier questionnaire

DR

Daniel Reyes

Head of Industry Research, CSAFI

SB

Sarah Bright

Head of Vendor Assurance, Meridian Foods

Aug 2, 2026

Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others

The remote access nobody remembered granting

SL

Sofia Lindgren

Chair, CSAFI Technical Council

FH

Farid Haddad

Controls Engineering Lead, Levant Oils

Jul 31, 2026

Poultry+5Meat, Seafood & Aquaculture, Dairy, Beverage, Industrial Baking & Snack Manufacturing

gui

PN

Priya Natarajan

CSAFI thought leader

D

dc

csafi test paertnner, cse

Jul 26, 2026

Retail Processing & Manufacturing

Point of sale, point of entry

TO

Thomas Okada

Head of Member Advisory, CSAFI

CR

Camille Rousseau

Director of Technology, Maison Verte Group

Jul 19, 2026

Meat

Reading the big meat-processing attack five years on

DR

Daniel Reyes

Head of Industry Research, CSAFI

EG

Elena García

Principal Analyst, Foodline Threat Research

Jul 12, 2026

Food-Tech, Ingredients & Others

Direct-to-consumer means direct-to-attacker

AO

Amara Okafor

Director of Programmes, CSAFI

NT

Nia Thompson

VP Digital, Everleaf Nutrition

Jul 5, 2026

Retail Processing & Manufacturing+1Dairy

The first hour

SL

Sofia Lindgren

Chair, CSAFI Technical Council

PV

Peter Vance

Incident Response Lead, Sentinel Forensics

Jun 28, 2026

Dairy+2Beverage, Meat

Who you have to tell, and how fast

TO

Thomas Okada

Head of Member Advisory, CSAFI

AV

Anneke de Vries

Head of Regulatory Affairs, Continental Food Law