Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Asset inventory: Part of ICS network visibility and monitoring.

Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Show Notes

Hacktivists versus irrigation. Maritime cybersecurity. JCDC and pre-ransomware notification. Ransomware at Fincantieri Marinette Marine. NSA warns of Russian ransomware disrupting supply chains. Guest Mike Hoffman is Technical Leader Global Services at Dragos & a SANS instructor. Mike will be discussing IT/OT misalignment.. In the Learning Lab, Dragos’ Mark Urban is joined by Dragos’s Senior Product Manager Jordan Wilkerson to dig into ICS network visibility and monitoring, which is the third of the SANS Institute’s 5 ICS Cybersecurity Critical Controls.

Control Loop News Brief. Hacktivists versus irrigation. Irrigation Systems in Israel Hit with Cyber Attack that Temporarily Disabled Farm Equipment (CPO Magazine) Maritime cybersecurity. Full Steam Ahead: Enhancing Maritime Cybersecurity (CSC 2.0) Cyber experts call for CISA to establish maritime equipment test bed (FedScoop) JCDC and pre-ransomware notification. JCDC Cultivates Pre-Ransomware Notification Capability. (CISA) Ransomware at Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Ransomware Attack Hits Marinette Marine Shipyard, Results in Short-Term Delay of Frigate, Freedom LCS Construction (USNI News) Russian ransomware operations aim at disrupting supply chains into Ukraine. NSA sees ‘significant’ Russian intel gathering on European, U.S. supply chain entities (CyberScoop) ETHOS: a new private-sector OT risk information-sharing platform. OT Cybersecurity Leaders to Deliver First Open-Source Information Sharing for Collective Early Warning in Critical Infrastructure (Globe Newswire)

Control Loop Interview. The interview is with Mike Hoffman, Technical Leader Global Services at Dragos & SANS instructor, discussing the IT/OT misalignment that often occurs when IT counterparts take on the responsibility of carrying out vulnerability management in the OT space.

Control Loop Learning Lab. On the Learning Lab, Mark Urban is joined by Dragos Senior Product Manager Jordan Wilkerson to discuss the third of the SANS Institute’s 5 ICS Cybersecurity Critical Controls: ICS network visibility and monitoring. Background link: The Five ICS Cybersecurity Critical Controls

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