The Bishop's Banter

Ari Novikoff, MCPS , CSE
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The Bishop’s Banter is a fast-paced, no-fluff podcast for people who keep the world’s production lines turning. Hosted by Ari Novikoff, "The Bishop of Backup", with 30 years of OT-focused business-continuity and disaster-recovery (BCDR) experience, each short (15 minutes or less) episode dissects the real-world costs of downtime, ransomware, and recovery gaps hidden inside operational technology environments. Ari blends board-room KPIs with plant-floor war stories, translating hard numbers into step-by-step playbooks you can execute before the next shift change.

Episodes

  1. 09/02/2025

    Episode 6: 2030 Vision: The Reslience Roadmap and Top 10 Takeaways

    Our final episode of Season 1, we take a look at what we've learned, how we can continue on the Resilience Roadmap, and the top 10 lessons (takeaways) from our season. If you want to be a part of a peer roundtable discussion in Season 2, hit me up on LinkedIn. https://linkedin.com/in/anovikoff Chapter List: Chapter 1: A Year Later at Rivermount Components Chapter 2: What Changed - Process, People, Tech Chapter 3: Mini-Vignette 1: Medical Device "Steriline Instruments" Chapter 4: Mini-Vignette 2: Oil and Gas "DeltaFlow Midstream" Chapter 5: The Reslience Roadmap Chapter 6: Top 10 Takeaways from Season 1 and Special Offer

    15 min

  2. 08/18/2025

    Episode 5: People, Process, Panic - The Human Side of Incident Response

    In this episode, we explore what happens when a single wrong handle froze a weld cell at a Tier-2 auto supplier. Not malware, just a human under pressure. If you run a plant, a shift, or a P&L, this one’s for you. Chapter 1 - The Rivermount Components Incident Chapter 2 - Why Smart People Make Frantic Choices Chapter 3 - Incident Command That Fits a Tier-2 Plant Chapter 4 - Training That Sticks Chapter 5 - Culture Tools That Reduce Errors Chatper 6 - The 72-Hour Skill-Drill Challenge

    16 min

  3. 08/11/2025

    Episode 4: Compliance Countdown - Audit-Proofing OT Resilience

    Join us for the 4th episode as Prairie Provisions, a regional ready-meal producer gets a surprise visit from the FDA inspectors... Segment 1: The Surprise Segment 2: The Compliance Landscape Segment 3: Building the Evidence Engine Segment 4: The 10-Minute Live Drill Segment 5: KPI Dashboards for Auditors Segment 6: Take-Home and 48-Hour Action Plan Outtro: Next Episode Hint

    13 min

  4. 07/15/2025

    Episode 3: Edge-to-Cloud Architecture and Predictive KPIs That Spot Failures Before They Happen

    In this episode, we're getting away from the gloom and doom of the industry. Instead, we're going to discuss ways to minimize the disuption by planning for it. Edge-to-Cloud in Plain EnglishFrom Objectives to Predictive KPIsField Stories That Saved Real Money48-Hour Action PlanKey Takeaways and CTA Bonus: Here's the link to download the JSON file for creating a Grafana KPI Dashboard.

    10 min

  5. 06/26/2025

    Episode 2: Ransomware on the Shop Floor - Bridging IT/OT

    Welcome to the second episode of The Bishop's Banter! "It’s 02:47 AM at Riverbend Foods. Conveyors dead. HMIs frozen. A blinking red banner reads: 'Your files are encrypted.'" In this episode we look at: The Midnight HitHow the Bad Guys Got InCounting the CostThe IT/OT Divide in the War RoomHardening the StackTake-Home and 48-Hour Action Plan

    11 min

  6. 06/16/2025

    Episode 1: The Invisible Profit Drain: Quantifying OT Downtime

    Welcome to the first episode of The Bishop's Banter! "Silence on a production line isn't tranquility, it's profit evaporating." In this episode we look at: Sticker-shock numbers - the real cost of downtime.Why OT downtime hurts deeper than ITA few moves toward mitigationKPI cheat-sheet and real-time dashboardsQuick wins to take away

    10 min
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The Bishop’s Banter is a fast-paced, no-fluff podcast for people who keep the world’s production lines turning. Hosted by Ari Novikoff, "The Bishop of Backup", with 30 years of OT-focused business-continuity and disaster-recovery (BCDR) experience, each short (15 minutes or less) episode dissects the real-world costs of downtime, ransomware, and recovery gaps hidden inside operational technology environments. Ari blends board-room KPIs with plant-floor war stories, translating hard numbers into step-by-step playbooks you can execute before the next shift change.

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    Ari Novikoff, MCPS , CSE
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