Samuel Linares

Global OT Cybersecurity Lead

Gijón, Principality of Asturias, Spain

About

Samuel Linares is Managing Director, Global OT Cybersecurity Lead at Accenture, Independent Evaluator at European Commission and CIIP Expert at ENISA (European Cybersecurity Agency). With more than 30 years of security, system integration and multinational and multicultural projects management experience, he is one of the pioneers in Industrial Cybersecurity, promoting the concept for the last 20 years, and participating as project leader, speaker, chairman and teacher in more than 60 countries all over the world. Samuel was the founder and former Director of the Industrial Cybersecurity Center, and was Senior Lead Technologist for Industrial Cybersecurity in Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds various cybersecurity certifications including GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), CGEIT (Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), CISA (Certified Information Security Auditor), CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), GIAC Assessing Wireless Networks (GAWN), Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA), and Google Hacking & Defense (SSP-GHD), BSI BS 25999 & BS 7799 Lead Auditor (since 2002), and several additional vendor specific technical certifications. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Univ. de Oviedo and is University Specialist in Data Protection by the Colegio Universitario Escorial Maria Cristina.

Experience

  • Accenture (7 yrs 11 mos)
    • Managing Director - Global OT Cybersecurity Lead
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Global Cyber-Physical Security Lead, Resources & Industry X Security Lead
      Sep 2025 - Jun 2026 · 10 mos

    • Managing Director - Global OT Security & Industry X Security Lead
      Dec 2024 - Sep 2025 · 10 mos

  • Critical Infrastructures Protection Associate Professor, Master in Cybersecurity at IE School of Human Sciences and Technology
    Mar 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

    The IE Master in Cybersecurity (MCS) is the best of both worlds – Data Security and Business Innovation. The MCS is offered in Full-Time format to train the new age professionals to handle the ever changing world of technology and data security.

  • External Independent Evaluator at European Commission
    Nov 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 9 mos

  • CIIP Expert for assisting in the implementation of the ENISA Work Programme at ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)
    Nov 2012 - Oct 2025 · 13 yrs

  • International Coordinator for Europe at CCI, Centro de Ciberseguridad Industrial-Industrial Cybersecurity Center
    Sep 2018 - Jun 2025 · 6 yrs 10 mos