CISO Stories Podcast (Audio) SC Media
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SC Media, and our sponsor Spirion, are proud to present this month's CISO Stories program. Each month, the CISO Stories Program explores a cybersecurity topic selected by CyberRisk Alliance’s CISO Community and provides content that examines that topic from a variety of perspectives. Hosted by Todd Fitzgerald, best-selling author of CISO COMPASS, the CISO Stories weekly podcast features content powered by the 1,100+ members of CyberRisk Alliance’s CISO Community.
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Why CISO’s Fail: Some Practical Lessons for the Future - Barak Engel - CSP #173
Security is both overcooked and underdeveloped at the same time, and we keep doubling down on insanity. Our own community is at great fault for pushing fear and ignoring service, leading to consistent, negative experiences for all other stakeholders in the organization - and ultimately the CISOs themselves. "Do more cyber" never had, does not, and never will lead to better outcomes, yet this is all everyone is talking about. The trifecta of fear (we fear it, we don't understand it, we know we must have it) is used effectively by vendors to drive an ever-increasing wedge into IT budgets, even as the actual utilization ratio of security tools is precipitously low (my estimate is 5%). Frustration abounds, the CISO job is a revolving door, and nobody's happy. Now the regulators are getting involved in all the wrong ways (see the recent SEC action against Tim Brown) - and it's entirely our fault.
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Air Gapped! The Myth of Securing OT - Thomas Johnson - CSP #172
The terminology of ICS has morphed into OT (Operational Technology) security; however many organizations are lacking in addressing the OT security controls. As some companies talk about air gapping as the primary method of securing OT, the reality is many times true air gapping does not exist. Join us as we discuss why these gaps occur and what needs to be done to secure OT.
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The Challenges of Managing Security in an IT/OT Environment - John Germain - CSP #171
For manufacturing companies, technology has taken over a good deal of the day-to-day operations occurring on the manufacturing floor. Things like robotics, CNC machines and automated inventory management. There are even systems that track what tools are used, by whom and for how long. This technology often works outside of or flies under the radar of traditional IT processes. For critical infrastructure, we are hooking up legacy systems to larger networks. Industrial control systems, that were never designed to be attached to the Internet, are now exposed to a wide array of new threats and attacks. Aside from those risks, digital sensors can be attached to almost anything these days, making everything "smart". And with the ability for sensors to also be controllers the risks levels are rising quickly.
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The Importance of OT Security: The Evolving Threat Landscape - Ken Townsend - CSP #170
Manufacturing environments rely heavily on Operational Technology (OT) systems – such as industrial control systems, supervisory control, PLCs etc. to manage production processes. Compromises of these networks and systems can have devastating consequences, including: • Production disruptions and downtime • Safety hazards: • Data breaches and intellectual property theft: • Financial losses: Ransomware attacks can cripple operations and demand hefty payments. Manufacturing is a lucrative target for Ransomware. • There is little tolerance for downtime. • Difficulty in managing OT environments (different skillsets) • Increasing connectivity between IT and OT due to digital transformation Incidents such as the well documented Colonial Pipeline attack along with other manufacturing companies like Dole, and Brunswick continue to highlight the growing threat landscape for OT security in manufacturing.
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Tips for a Successful Cyber Resilience Program - Olusegun Opeyemi-Ajayi - CSP #169
The cybersecurity threat landscape is constantly evolving, and experience has shown that everyone and every organization is prone to being breached. How do you prepare for what seems inevitable? You assume breach and plan accordingly. Cyber resilience has become a top priority as organizations figure out how to build a network that can either continue functioning or can recover quickly when faced with cybersecurity attack.
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Operational Technology (OT) and the Art of War - Glenn Kapetansky - CSP #168
Operational Technology (OT) security is concerned with protecting embedded, purpose-built technologies enabling our industrial processes. You also may have heard “adjacent” buzzwords like Internet of Things (IOT) and Fog (like “cloud” but close to the ground). OT security has significant challenges in terms of cost/size/weight, capability, ability to be updated, and robustness (often, OT failures can endanger lives). More recently, as cyber warfare evolves, OT is one of two main attack vectors. This session will explore the threats, and ability to manage them, using war stories.
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Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-168
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