Your Most Critical Network May Be Your Least Protected

The air gap you're counting on probably isn't there. Dino Busalacchi sits down with cybersecurity veteran and Tulane University Cybersecurity Professor Joshua Copeland, to talk about the realities of protecting industrial environments, where uptime, safety, and production come first.

They dig into why legacy systems can't be secured like IT, how routine security tasks can disrupt physical operations, the leadership gap between IT and OT, and why cybersecurity needs to be treated as digital safety. A practical listen for CISOs, CIOs, engineering leaders, and plant operators.

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) Why operational technology is critical to everyday life
• (00:03:00) Legacy systems and the hidden opportunity in OT security
• (00:07:00) Ransomware, AI, and attacks designed for physical outcomes
• (00:10:00) How standard IT security tools can stop production
• (00:13:00) What cybersecurity events get wrong about OT
• (00:16:00) The leadership gap and the myth of isolated systems
• (00:20:00) Why cybersecurity should be treated as digital safety
• (00:23:00) Compliance, asset inventory, and aging industrial equipment
• (00:27:00) Building the next generation of OT security professionals
• (00:31:00) Why every part of modern life depends on OT

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• Josh Copeland on LinkedIn
• Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
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