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Network Security - Don't Fix the Engine While The Plane is Flying

Send us Fan Mail If there’s one area where the old adage of “you have to see it to believe it” might not resonate as strongly, it’s OT cybersecurity. I say this because

Water Treatment Hacks Reflect Larger OT Threats

Send us Fan Mail Although the need to defend the networks, data and endpoints of critical infrastructure dates back to the first time a PLC was connected to an HMI, the

Shadow AI Is Amplifying OT Threats

Send us Fan Mail Name a prominent AI company, and chances are they’ve been in the news for the wrong reasons over the last couple of months. Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta h

AI is Fueling, Killing Ransomware

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re doubling up on a couple of topics that continue to be at the top of industrial cybersecurity’s critical issue list – ransomware a

Good Guys Also Use AI

Send us Fan Mail The pace of technological advancement and the evolution of hacker behaviors makes recording episodes of this podcast well in advance a bit or a risk. Th

LISTEN: The Continuing Evolution of Ransomware

Send us Fan Mail There is perhaps no greater confluence of old and new school ideologies than the current ransomware threat landscape plaguing the industrial sector. On

LISTEN: Security Breach: 'Prevention is Damn Near Impossible'

Send us Fan Mail The truth can be … brutal. The harsh realities of many situations we face on a daily basis can be tough to embrace, especially when they dictate having

The Hard Realities of OT Cybersecurity

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps you’re familiar with the phrase, “ignorance is bliss.” It was first written by English poet Thomas Gray in 1742. He was reflecting on the carefr

Focus on Hitting Lower, Not Harder

Send us Fan Mail The unsexy blocking and tacking that creates more win-win cybersecurity scenarios. It struck me in putting this episode together that working in indust

'Defense in Depth is Dead'

Send us Fan Mail I feel very fortunate to work in the industries that I do, because I get to speak with a lot of really innovative people doing really interesting work w

Countering New-Age, State-Sponsored Industrial Hackers

Send us Fan Mail Cybersecurity is unlike any other Industry or environment I’ve ever covered. But more than the technology, the intriguing players and the somewhat spook

Taking Down of a North Korean Remote Access Scam

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all seen or heard the reports about how hackers are using AI to elevate their attacks in obtaining funds and intellectual property from unsuspecti

Multiple Paths to Zero Trust - Channeling D&D, LOTR and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Send us Fan Mail One of my least favorite tasks of Basic Training was weapons maintenance. I didn’t really mind cleaning my M-16A2 rifle, but sometimes it just felt poin

The Bad Guy's Different Set of Rules

Send us Fan Mail Not to continue to beat our collective heads into the same wall, but by now everyone knows that manufacturing leads the way in targeted cyberattacks, as

Finding the Soul of a Pirate

Send us Fan Mail We all know that cybersecurity, and industrial cybersecurity in particular, is facing a huge talent deficit.  Finding an individual who not only unders

Analyzing, Responding to the Inevitable Uptick in Iranian Cyberattacks

Send us Fan Mail Although discussing the military activities currently taking place in Iran runs the risk or bringing up polarizing political views, the cybersecurity re

Hybrid Warfare is Upon You

Send us Fan Mail Last December the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, issued an advisory warning manufacturers, operators of critical infrastruct

Security Breach: Strengthening Your Weakest Links

Send us Fan Mail When we talk about the challenges presented to those trying to secure the operational landscape of manufacturing, it’s tough to avoid what I’d call the

Clarifying the Big-Picture Impacts of CMMC

Send us Fan Mail Back in 2020, the Department of Defense, as it was called at the time, introduced the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). It carried the

Shiny Objects and the Power of Preparation

Send us Fan Mail "You don't have to get hacked to understand how you can get hacked." While I utilize that editorial director title to introduce myself before ever