Unsolicited Response Podcast

Mar 22, 2023

Dale Peterson interviewed Puesh Kumar on the S4x23 Main Stage. Puesh is the Director of the US Dept of Energy's Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Emergency Response (CESER). The lead US Government OT cybersecurity agency in the energy sector.

After Puesh gives a 3 minute overview on CESER, they dig into it.

• How are...

Mar 15, 2023

Steve Mustard took his 30 years of experience and wrote Industrial Cybersecurity: Case Studies and Best Practices, published by ISA. After talking about who the book is for and the writing process, Dale and Steve dig into the details. 

Given Steve's longtime involvement and leadership with ISA, it's not surprising the...

Mar 7, 2023

Dale's interview with Michael Fischerkeller, co-author of the bood Cyber Persistence Theory. The first half of the interview digs into Cyber Persistence Theory.

• Why Michael believes cyber is a new and third strategic environment (in addition to conventional and nuclear)
• What is meant by cyber being an environment of...

Mar 1, 2023

Matt Morris and Mark Mattei of 1898 & Co. joined Dale to talk OT Managed Security Services as 1898 recently introduced an OT Managed Threat Protection and Response service. The discussion included:

• what they are monitoring in the OT environment
• the OT MSP competitive landscape (OT detection vendors, ICS vendors, large...

Feb 23, 2023

Bill Fehrman is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, co-chair of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council, and chair of the E-ISAC.

The major topics Dale and Bill discuss include:

• The US Government / Electric Sector information sharing program around detection information and threat intel. Have they stopped...