Your plant can be running exactly as expected and still have blind spots that put production, process, and people at risk.

Dino Busalachi and Kevin Kumpf break down the gaps most leaders never see: new equipment arriving with outdated firmware, vendors making changes nobody tracks, and process data that gets collected but rarely watched. Using refrigeration systems and manufacturing floors as examples, they show why monitoring has to connect security with uptime, maintenance, and the cost of a missed warning.

They also challenge the belief that encryption or network isolation is enough, explain where AI helps and where it still needs human judgment, and make the case for getting integrators, OEMs, IT, and operations into the same conversation.

Three questions every plant leader should be able to answer: Do you know what normal looks like in your plant? Who can change it? And who will notice when something starts to drift?

Follow Industrial Cybersecurity Insider for practical conversations on protecting production, people, and uptime.

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) Why OT Attacks Put Business Continuity at Risk
• (00:03:00) Industrial Network Design and the Visibility Gap
• (00:07:00) Vendor Access, AI Data Collection, and Third Party Risk
• (00:10:00) Outdated Firmware and Accountable Remote Maintenance
• (00:13:00) Why AI Patching Needs Human Oversight in OT
• (00:17:00) Process Data, Industrial Espionage, and Operational Value
• (00:23:00) Choosing Integrators Who Understand Your Plant
• (00:28:00) Building Monitoring Into New Equipment and Projects
• (00:34:00) Backup Gaps and the Case for Managed OT Services
• (00:38:00) Getting IT and OT to Share Responsibility

Links And Resources:

• Want to Sponsor an episode or be a Guest? Reach out here.
• Industrial Cybersecurity Insider on LinkedIn
• Cybersecurity & Digital Safety on LinkedIn
• BW Design Group Cybersecurity
• Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
• Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn

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Most manufacturers have an incident response plan. Few have tested it at 2 AM on a Sunday, with a skeleton crew and the people who know the equipment best nowhere to be found.

Fresh from the ICS Cybersecurity Conference in Nashville, Craig Duckworth and Dino Busalachi compare notes on what keeps industrial organizations from being ready for a real attack. The risk today goes beyond ransomware. It's attackers who blend into normal plant activity, process data that quietly exposes your intellectual property, security tools that never get used after the sale, and teams that still work in separate camps.

Craig and Dino talk through why IT, plant floor teams, system integrators, and equipment builders need to operate as one technology team, why new projects are the best place to build security in, and why passing an audit is not the same as being secure. They also look at how AI is speeding up both attacks and defenses, leaving manufacturers less time to react.

If you lead a plant, an engineering team, or a security program, this conversation will help you answer one question: if your plant was hit tonight, who makes the first call and who's on the other end receiving the call?

Listen now and share it with the people who own your plant floor.

Chapters:

• 00:00:00 Incident response plans must work outside office hours
• 00:01:00 Inside the OTICS Cyber Security Conference
• 00:02:00 Threat actors living in the normal
• 00:04:00 Why process data can expose intellectual property
• 00:07:00 The gap between tools, skills, and operating practice
• 00:08:00 Moving beyond the IT and OT divide
• 00:11:00 Why technology adoption matters after the sale
• 00:12:00 Building security into projects from the start
• 00:15:00 Defense in depth and protecting critical assets
• 00:17:00 Practicing incident response when it counts
• 00:19:00 Bringing integrators and asset owners to the table
• 00:20:00 Authority, accountability, and the CISO challenge
• 00:23:00 CMMC, continuous monitoring, and process data
• 00:24:00 Artificial intelligence changes the threat timeline
• 00:27:00 Asset discovery and security baselines
• 00:29:00 Checking a box versus improving the environment
• 00:32:00 Staying ahead through collaboration and readiness

Links And Resources:

• Want to Sponsor an episode or be a Guest? Reach out here.
• Industrial Cybersecurity Insider on LinkedIn
• Cybersecurity & Digital Safety on LinkedIn
• BW Design Group Cybersecurity
• Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
• Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn

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You passed the audit. The tools are installed. None of it means your plant is secure.

Most industrial cybersecurity plans are written far from the equipment they're meant to protect. The tools are purchased but never fully operationalized. Critical equipment stays unseen. And the plant teams who know it best are the last to see the data.

In this compilation episode, Craig Duckworth, Dino Busalachi, and Ian Bramson of Black & Veatch cover:

• Why security tools sit unused, and what that costs
• Why plant teams need access to security data
• What real IT and OT collaboration looks like
• Who responds first when something goes wrong
• Why compliance isn't security
• How to prioritize risk while protecting safety and uptime

Strong security programs are built with the people closest to the equipment. Is yours?

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) The hidden gap in OT asset visibility
• (00:04:00) Why plant teams need access to security data
• (00:08:00) The cost of an unoperationalized cybersecurity tool
• (00:10:00) What IT and OT convergence really means
• (00:14:00) Bringing system integrators into the conversation
• (00:18:00) Who responds first when an industrial incident happens
• (00:22:00) Compliance, residual risk, and real world security
• (00:26:00) Risk prioritization for utilities and industrial operators
• (00:30:00) Build security into new projects from the start

Links And Resources:

• Want to Sponsor an episode or be a Guest? Reach out here.
• Industrial Cybersecurity Insider on LinkedIn
• Cybersecurity & Digital Safety on LinkedIn
• BW Design Group Cybersecurity
• Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
• Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn

Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Industrial Cybersecurity Insider? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube to leave us a review!