How OT Managed Services Are Revolutionizing Industrial Cybersecurity

Dino sits down with industrial automation and industrial cybersecurity expert Kevin Kumpf, fresh off the floor of Rockwell Automation Fair 2025.

They discuss why OT managed services are finally becoming viable for manufacturing, the critical 80/20 split between people and technology challenges, and how the industry's "silver tsunami" of retiring talent is forcing a reckoning.

Kevin shares insights on building unified platforms that can manage everything from 30-year-old paper tape systems to AI-powered smart factories, why IT's "patch now" mentality fails in OT environments, and how the DG 360 platform is delivering true cyber-physical convergence today - not tomorrow.

They discuss the reality that most OT cybersecurity tools only discover 30% of plant assets, the importance of human-in-the-loop decision making, and why the OT ecosystem - not IT - must drive the managed services revolution.

This is a must-listen for anyone struggling with the complexity of protecting and managing modern manufacturing facilities.

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) - Introduction and Rockwell Automation Fair Recap
• (00:01:43) - The OT Managed Services Evolution and Rebranding
• (00:04:15) - The Three-Legged Stool: IT, OT, and OEMs
• (00:07:32) - Point Solutions vs. Unified Platforms in Manufacturing
• (00:10:45) - The DG 360 Vision: 360-Degree Plant Visibility
• (00:14:28) - The Silver Tsunami and Training Challenges
• (00:18:22) - Alert Fatigue and Actionable Intelligence
• (00:22:45) - Software Defined Automation and Legacy Systems
• (00:26:18) - Why OT Must Drive the Cybersecurity Conversation
• (00:30:35) - Real-Time Demo and Implementation Readiness

Links And Resources:

• Kevin Kumpf on LinkedIn
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• Industrial Cybersecurity Insider on LinkedIn
• Cybersecurity & Digital Safety on LinkedIn
• BW Design Group Cybersecurity
• Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
• Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn

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