Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Unpacking cyber awareness syndrome.

Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Show Notes

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission looks at obstacles to public-private collaboration in the industrial sector. Malware in the industrial sector increases. Organizations plan to increase their OT cybersecurity budgets. CISA and its partners have released a Joint Guide to Securing Remote Access Software. And the US DoD holds its Cyber Yankee exercise. Today’s guest is Will Edwards of Schweitzer Engineering Labs discussing cyber awareness syndrome. The Learning Lab has the conclusion off the discussion between Dragos’ Mark Urban, Principal Adversary Hunter Kyle O’Meara, and Principal Intelligence Technical Account Manager Michael Gardner on threat hunting.

Control Loop News Brief. Obstacles to public-private collaboration in the industrial sector. Revising Public-Private Collaboration to Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure (CSC 2.0) NERC’s role in public-private security collaboration can deter utilities from sharing information: report (Utility Dive) Malware in the industrial sector increases. 2023 Unit 42 Network Threat Trends Research Report (Unit 42) CISA and partners release Joint Guide to Securing Remote Access Software. Guide to Securing Remote Access Software (CISA) US DoD holds Cyber Yankee exercise. Cyber Yankee Prepares Military, Business for Cyber Threats (Air National Guard)

Control Loop Interview. The interview is with Will Edwards of Schweitzer Engineering Labs discussing cyber awareness syndrome.

Control Loop Learning Lab. On the Learning Lab, Mark Urban is joined by Dragos Principal Adversary Hunter Kyle O’Meara and Dragos Principal Intelligence Technical Account Manager Michael Gardener to conclude their discussion on threat hunting.

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