Podcasts

Recent podcasts

On this episode of the Nexus Podcast, Rafael Arakelian, the OT/IoT Cybersecurity Manager for Accenture, joins to discuss the inner workings of Operation Grim Beepeer, a 2024 Israeli operation that used booby-trapped pagers and walkie talkies to injure or kill Hezbollah members. Raphael studied the technical, cybersecurity, and supply-chain risks involved in this operation, and shares how those lessons can be applied to operational technology.
Industrial
Cyber Resilience
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience
Risk Management

Raphael Arakelian on Operation Grim Beeper

Michael Mimoso
Adm. Michael S. Rogers, USN (Ret.) joins the Nexus podcast to discuss the Biden administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy, and its themes of cyber resilience and critical infrastructure protection.
Risk Management
Cyber Resilience

Nexus Podcast: Adm. Michael Rogers on the Job of NSA Director

Michael Mimoso
On this episode of the Nexus Podcast, Michael Pyle, Director of Product Cybersecurity at Schneider Electric (SE), joins the Nexus Podcast to discuss Internet Exposure Prevention, a new SE approach to preventing illicit connections to internet facing OT and industrial control systems (ICS) that are insecurely connected to the internet.
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience
Risk Management
Cyber Resilience
Industrial
Vulnerability Management

Nexus Podcast: Michael Pyle on Securing Internet-Facing OT, ICS Assets

Michael Mimoso
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Industrial
Cyber Resilience
Vulnerability Management
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience

Nexus Podcast: Gus Serino on the Efforts of a Massachusetts Water Cybersecurity Collaborative

Michael Mimoso
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Vulnerability Management
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience
Cyber Resilience
Industrial

Nexus Podcast: Dan Ricci on Four Years of the ICS Advisory Project

Michael Mimoso
On this episode of the Claroty Nexus Podcast, Dan Gunter, CEO and founder of Insane Cyber, lays out the challenges—and sometimes steep costs—of generating data that’s truly representative of the production environment rather than exclusively relying on a lab environment or emulation.
Operational Technology
Operational Resilience
Cyber Resilience
Risk Management

Nexus Podcast: Dan Gunter on Generating OT Data to Train Security Products

Michael Mimoso
OT cybersecurity expert Mike Holcomb joins the Nexus Podcast live from S4 Conference in Miami to discuss how state actors may be leveraging hacktivists to target operational technology (OT). Holcomb has delineated these groups in what he calls a Converged Actor Framework that categorizes threat actors by the impact and frequency of their incidents. A converged actor is potentially the riskiest given the potential for high frequency high impact incidents.
Operational Technology
Risk Management
Cyber Resilience

Nexus Podcast: Mike Holcomb on the Intersection of Hacktivists and State Actors

Michael Mimoso
In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, CISA ICS Cybersecurity Lead Matthew Rogers discusses new guidance from the agency on the use of security operational technology (OT) protocols, titled “Barriers to Secure OT Communication: Why Johnny Can’t Authenticate.” The paper advocates for the use of secure versions of legacy OT protocols, or the adoption of open standards by OEMs, in order to bring authentication and integrity to OT protocol communication.
Cyber Resilience
Industrial
Operational Resilience
Operational Technology
Risk Management
Vulnerability Management

Nexus Podcast: CISA’s Matthew Rogers on Secure OT Protocol Communication

Michael Mimoso
Jay C. Catherine, a security architect for a major retailer, joins the Nexus Podcast to discuss best practices for logistics cybersecurity within the retail space. This includes securing not only distribution, but also the operational technology involved in these manufacturing processes.
Industrial
Internet of Things
Cyber Resilience
Operational Resilience
Operational Technology

Nexus Podcast: Jay Catherine on Securing Logistics, OT in Retail

Michael Mimoso
On this episode of the Nexus Podcast, Greg Garcia, Executive Director of The Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group, discusses the Sector Mapping and Risk Toolkit (SMART). SMART contains a set of 17 templates that enable healthcare organizations to map and visualize workflows, identify areas of risk, and where mitigations are most desperately needed.
Healthcare
Risk Management
Operational Resilience
Cyber Resilience

Nexus Podcast: Greg Garcia on the Sector Mapping and Risk Toolkit for Healthcare

Michael Mimoso
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Healthcare
Vulnerability Management
Risk Management
Internet of Things
Cyber Resilience

Nexus Podcast: Christopher Frenz on Evidence-Based Security

Michael Mimoso
Adm. Michael S. Rogers, USN (Ret.) joins the Nexus podcast to discuss the Biden administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy, and its themes of cyber resilience and critical infrastructure protection.
Cyber Resilience
Healthcare
Industrial
Operational Resilience
Risk Management

Nexus Podcast: Adm. Michael Rogers on Deterrence in Cyberspace

Michael Mimoso