Show Notes
“If something is going to take a couple of billion dollars to develop and there's not a known, validated commercial return associated with it, why would any private industry take that on? It's really the role of government.” -Robert Shaughnessy
Robert Shaughnessy, CEO of operational technology security company Psymetis, joins us for this episode of Hack the Plant. We discuss his work with Psymetis, challenges to innovation in the private sector, and the role of government in developing new technologies.
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