@BEERISAC: OT/ICS Security Podcast Playlist

Podcast: Industrial Cybersecurity Insider
Episode: IT vs OT: The Internal Misalignment Costing Manufacturers Millions
Pub date: 2026-05-27

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Most manufacturing organizations still operate with a dangerous blind spot: IT and OT teams working in completely different dimensions with no shared visibility into plant floor cybersecurity.
In this episode, Dino and Jim break down why 90% of manufacturers remain in the unaware-to-awareness phase when it comes to OT cybersecurity. They address what happens when IT tries to shoehorn enterprise security into operational environments they don't understand, and how the lack of collaboration between these two groups leads to costly unplanned downtime — sometimes at $100,000 per hour or more.
Drawing from real client engagements, they reveal why OT must take a leadership role in cybersecurity (just like safety), how OT IDS tools can deliver operational value far beyond threat detection, and what it actually takes to get IT and OT speaking the same language before a breach forces them to.
Chapters:
(00:00:00) - Why IT and OT Need to Get to the Table Now
(00:01:47) - Cats and Dogs Living Together: The IT/OT Culture Clash
(00:03:00) - 90% of Manufacturers Are Still in the Dark on OT Cyber
(00:06:00) - What Is OT and Why Don't OT People Know They're OT?
(00:08:45) - Real Client Story: The Missing OT Team on a Global Kickoff
(00:13:00) - Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: How OT Workarounds Create Risk
(00:15:00) - The OT IDS Tool Nobody's Sharing With OT
(00:19:30) - Why Manual Discovery Assessments Are Throwing Money Away
(00:21:00) - 15 Switch Manufacturers in One Plant: The Architecture Nightmare
(00:25:30) - OT Cybersecurity Is the New Safety — Treat It Like One
(00:29:00) - Final Advice for IT and OT Teams Ready to Converge

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Podcast: teissPodcast - Cracking Cyber Security (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: teissTalk: Measuring the return on security investments for Cyber-Physical Systems
Pub date: 2026-05-28

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Quantifying the tangible impact of unplanned downtime, regulatory fines, and equipment damage
Strategies for security teams and asset owners to present CPS security projects in a language that Finance and Operations understand
Streamlining asset management and reducing manual audit hours with dedicated IoMT, OT, IoT, and BMS security
Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Danny Dresner, Professor of Cyber security, The University of Manchester
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-dresner-fciis-6382381/

Elliot Gidley, Field CTO, Claroty
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotgidley/

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Podcast: Error Code (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: EP 87: Backup, Control Gaps, and the Real Cost of Agentic AI Actions
Pub date: 2026-05-27

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An AI agent wiped out an entire company’s data in just 9 seconds — no hacker, no ransomware involved. Todd Thorsen, Chief Information Security Officer at CrashPlan, explains how a misconfigured AI agent operating without safeguards may have caused the incident — and asks a troubling question: could your organization be next?

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Podcast: Unsolicited Response (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: Interview With Acting CISA Director Nick Andersen
Pub date: 2026-05-27

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Dale Peterson interviews acting CISA Director Nick Andersen. They briefly begin with the impact of the personnel changes at CISA, both at the leadership level and widespread exodus of anyone involved in OT. What are the plans for the rebuild of OT capabilities.
The bulk of the discussion is on the need, implementation, and metrics related to CISA's ruthless prioritization of efforts and resources. What CISA and US critical infrastructure must do, and what they won't have the resources to do.

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Podcast: Hack the Plant (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)
Episode: Kindness and Critical Infrastructure: Rethinking OT Security
Pub date: 2026-05-27

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In this bonus episode, Bryson Bort sits down with Andrea Haddad, a leader in technology and infrastructure architecture. Andrea has almost two decades of global experience across infrastructure, including network operations, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and cloud strategy. After beginning her career on the IT side, Andrea now specializes in building secure, scalable, and resilient digital foundations. She takes Bryson through her transition from IT to OT, segmentation in the real world, and why the future of manufacturing depends on both better architectures—and better intentions.

What are the unique security challenges of a manufacturing environment? What are the best - and worst case scenarios for manufacturing and cyber conflict? And what’s the secret to overcoming cultural differences between IT and OT?

“In our industry, our main concern is protecting…. In people, protecting production, protecting society, environment. So we can work all day long to come up with new architecture, new ideas. But if there's another hacker that wants to hack into the organization, he's going to always find a way. So the magic wand, to be honest, would be just simply kindness,” Andrea said. 

Join us for this and more on this episode of Hack the Plan[e]t. 

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