@BEERISAC: OT/ICS Security Podcast Playlist

Podcast: Industrial Cybersecurity Insider
Episode: The Real Cost of Delaying OT Cybersecurity Investment
Pub date: 2026-07-07

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Craig and Jim revisit one of their most practical conversations: how to build a compelling business case for OT cybersecurity budget.
They break down the IT/OT ownership gap that leaves manufacturers exposed, explain how to frame liability, physical risk, and financial impact in language executives actually care about, and walk through the options every organization faces.
From doing nothing to running a proof-of-concept pilot site that generates real, quantifiable data. They also tackle the role of cybersecurity insurance, why every company needs OT on its risk register, and how the concept of technology debt can finally help leadership understand the cost of decades of deferred OT security investment.
Whether you're approaching this from the IT side, the OT side, or somewhere in between, this episode gives you the framework to start the budget conversation before a breach forces it.
Chapters:
(00:00:00) - Introduction: The High Stakes of OT Cybersecurity
(00:01:00) - Why Budgeting for OT Security Is So Difficult
(00:04:00) - How to Get Executives to Actually Listen
(00:06:00) - Liability: Speaking the Language of Leadership
(00:11:00) - Building Your OT Cybersecurity Business Case
(00:13:00) - Ownership and Visibility: The First Questions to Ask
(00:17:00) - Proof of Concept: Using Real Data to Drive Decisions
(00:20:00) - Cybersecurity Insurance and the Third Leg of the Stool
(00:26:00) - Risk Management, Roadmaps, and Playing the Long Game
(00:31:00) - Technology Debt and Final Takeaways

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Podcast: OT Security Made Simple
Episode: Pragmatismus im OT SOC: Wie Anlagen-Monitoring in der Praxis funktioniert | OT Security Made Simple
Pub date: 2026-07-07

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Klaus Mochalski und Ali Yekta (Yekta IT) diskutieren die enormen praktischen Herausforderungen beim Aufbau eines Security Operations Centers (SOC) für die OT. Erfahren Sie, warum klassische IT-Reaktionen wie das blinde Isolieren von Systemen in industriellen Anlagen hochgefährlich sind, weshalb selbst im Jahr 2026 noch infizierte USB-Sticks ein reales Problem darstellen und wie Betreiber durch die kluge Kombination aus Logdaten, Netzwerksensorik und trainierten Playbooks schrittweise ein effektives OT-Monitoring aufbauen können.
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Podcast: PrOTect It All (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: AI for OT Cybersecurity: Real-World Strategies to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Pub date: 2026-07-06

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AI is changing OT cybersecurity - but success still depends on understanding your operations.

In this episode of Protect It All, host Aaron Crow welcomes Vivek Ponnada for a practical conversation about how artificial intelligence is transforming the way organizations defend critical infrastructure.

With decades of experience in industrial automation and OT security, Vivek shares firsthand insights into the realities of protecting legacy control systems while preparing for a future increasingly shaped by AI, automation, and digital transformation.

Together, Aaron and Vivek discuss how organizations can use AI to improve visibility, accelerate threat detection, prioritize vulnerabilities, and strengthen operational resilience, without losing sight of the fundamentals that keep industrial environments safe.

Key Learning: 

How AI is transforming OT cybersecurity and industrial operations

Practical AI use cases for protecting critical infrastructure

Why legacy systems remain one of the biggest OT security challenges

How AI can improve vulnerability management and incident response

The role of digital twins in strengthening cyber resilience

Why trust, collaboration, and operational knowledge remain essential in OT security

Whether you're responsible for manufacturing, utilities, energy, water, or other critical infrastructure, this episode provides practical insights into balancing innovation with operational reliability.

Tune in to discover how AI can strengthen OT cybersecurity while helping organizations protect the systems that keep the world running.

Key Moments: 

06:43 AI and cloud adoption in OT

13:27 Controller logic changes and safety steps

21:24 Discussing Digital Twins for Security Use

26:51 Managing vulnerabilities at scale

32:41 Understanding Power Plant Limitations

37:17 Keeping up with plant changes

41:43 Automating infrastructure and maintenance

49:08 Rising importance of cybersecurity investment

52:16 Early days in cybersecurity and OT

01:00:03 Ransomware impacts on industries

01:01:53 Using GPUs for security and OT

About the guest : 

Vivek Ponnada is an Operational Technology (OT) Security practitioner with global experience and currently serves as the SVP of Growth & Strategy at Frenos, the world's first Simulated OT Pentesting Platform. Having started his career in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) as a Technician, Vivek became a Controls Engineer and commissioned Gas Turbines in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and South-East Asia. Post MBA, Vivek held multiple roles in Sales, Marketing & Business Development and Services covering ICS and OT Security solutions for Critical Infrastructure industries (Power, Oil & Gas etc.) at GE, XenonCyber Dynamics and Nozomi Networks. He was a co-lead for the Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices Project and regularly speaks at Information Security Conferences. Vivek has a C.Eng. from IEI, MBA from McCombs (UT Austin) and holds the ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert & GICSP certifications. He is a member of the ISA, ISACA, Public Safety Canada ICS Security Symposium Advisory Committee and is a CS2AI Fellow.

How to connect Vivek: 

Frenos: https://frenos.io 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1ot/ 

Frenos YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Frenos_Security

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Podcast: Industrial Cybersecurity Insider
Episode: Your Organization Says It's 'Green' on Manufacturing Security: Here's Why That's Dangerous
Pub date: 2026-06-30

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Who actually owns OT cybersecurity? And when something breaks, who's accountable?
In this episode, Craig and Dino tackle a question most manufacturing organizations still haven't answered.
They address why CISOs are often handed responsibility for OT security without the authority to act on it, and how plants can score "green" on a compliance dashboard while remaining blind to 80% of their actual assets.
They also dig into the role OEMs and system integrators should be playing in building security into project proposals from day one, and why most still aren't.
From virtual patching for legacy systems that can't be touched, to the fast-growing OT security market, this is a grounded conversation for plant leaders, engineers, and security teams trying to close the gap between IT and OT.
Chapters:
(00:00:00) - Who Really Owns OT Cybersecurity?
(00:02:00) - Asset Owners Bear the Ultimate Responsibility
(00:04:00) - Responsibility Without Authority: The CISO's Dilemma
(00:06:00) - Why OEMs and SIs Aren't Including Cybersecurity in Their Proposals
(00:08:00) - The False Sense of Security Driving Dangerous Blind Spots
(00:10:00) - How Organizations Claim "Green" While Missing 80% of Their Assets
(00:13:00) - Half Measures vs. a Real OT Cybersecurity Strategy
(00:16:00) - The Growing OT Security Market and Why Some Still Aren't Paying Attention
(00:18:00) - Incident Response Drills and AI Accelerating the Threat Landscape
(00:20:00) - Breaking Down the IT/OT Trust Barrier for Good

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Podcast: Nexus: A Claroty Podcast (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: Dan Ricci on OT/CPS Visibility and Risk Reduction
Pub date: 2026-06-29

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ICS Advisory Project founder Dan Ricci joins the Nexus Podcat to discuss how to turn operational technology (OT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS) visibility into actual risk reduction. Dan describes the need to distinguish between asset lists and actual asset inventories, what those differences are, and how to make the most of the information made available. Device data such as firmware versions, protocol identification, and more are vital to other aspects of the OT and CPS protection program, including exposure management and segmentation initiatives.
Dan wrote more on this topic in this article: “From Inventory to Insight: Turning OT Visibility into Concrete Risk Reduction.” 
This interview was pulled from Episode 4 of Nexus Digest. 
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