Episode 147
Is Your Cybersecurity Plan Ready for Your Plant Floor?
You passed the audit. The tools are installed. None of it means your plant is secure.
Chapters
- 00:00:00 — The hidden gap in OT asset visibility
- 00:04:00 — Why plant teams need access to security data
- 00:08:00 — The cost of an unoperationalized cybersecurity tool
- 00:10:00 — What IT and OT convergence really means
- 00:14:00 — Bringing system integrators into the conversation
- 00:18:00 — Who responds first when an industrial incident happens
- 00:22:00 — Compliance, residual risk, and real world security
- 00:26:00 — Risk prioritization for utilities and industrial operators
- 00:30:00 — Build security into new projects from the start
Show notes
You passed the audit. The tools are installed. None of it means your plant is secure.
Most industrial cybersecurity plans are written far from the equipment they're meant to protect. The tools are purchased but never fully operationalized. Critical equipment stays unseen. And the plant teams who know it best are the last to see the data.
In this compilation episode, Craig Duckworth, Dino Busalachi, and Ian Bramson of Black & Veatch cover:
- Why security tools sit unused, and what that costs
- Why plant teams need access to security data
- What real IT and OT collaboration looks like
- Who responds first when something goes wrong
- Why compliance isn't security
- How to prioritize risk while protecting safety and uptime
Strong security programs are built with the people closest to the equipment. Is yours?
Chapters:
- (00:00:00) The hidden gap in OT asset visibility
- (00:04:00) Why plant teams need access to security data
- (00:08:00) The cost of an unoperationalized cybersecurity tool
- (00:10:00) What IT and OT convergence really means
- (00:14:00) Bringing system integrators into the conversation
- (00:18:00) Who responds first when an industrial incident happens
- (00:22:00) Compliance, residual risk, and real world security
- (00:26:00) Risk prioritization for utilities and industrial operators
- (00:30:00) Build security into new projects from the start
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- Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn
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About Industrial Cyber Security Insider
Industrial Cybersecurity Insider brings clarity to one of the most urgent gaps in manufacturing and critical infrastructure: the divide between IT and OT. Hosts Craig and Dino talk with plant leaders, engineers, and security practitioners about protecting industrial operations in the real world — practical conversations for the people responsible for keeping production running and secure.