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Jon Holzbauer, OT systems manager at Silgan Containers, is featured in Episode 3 of Nexus Digest. Jon discusses an article he wrote about the skills gap between IT security teams and OT asset operators as these two distinct operational disciplines converge. Jon describes the challenges and conflicting priorities that emerge in converged environments, and how to navigate those. Read Jon’s article: “OT Cybersecurity Faces a Skills Gap.”
OT ISAC regional director AJ Eserjose writes about how community-based information-sharing efforts can help piece together different attack signals into a cohesive piece of risk and threat intelligence that benefits critical infrastructure protection as a whole. Read AJ’s article: “How Collective Intelligence Enhances Predictive Resilience.”
Retired NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command Commander Adm. Michael S. Rogers writes about Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s new frontier AI model. Rogers brings a nuanced perspective about Glasswing’s impact on vulnerability discovery and exploit development, and the edge it actually provides cybersecurity teams over attackers. Read Adm. Rogers’ article: “Exploring Some Nuance on Project Glasswing.”
First, is an interview with Rapid7’s Deral Heiland on the weaponization of cellular-based IoT, and how attackers with access to IoT devices can hack the hardware and its access to the network to carry out disruptive attacks. Listen to the episode: “Deral Heiland on Weaponizing Cellular-Based IoT.”
Next is an interview with runZero researcher Rob King on OT asset exposures and the effectiveness of virtual network segmentation and other mitigations in preventing access to internet-facing assets. Listen to the episode: “Rob King on OT Asset Exposures, Mitigations.”
Michael Mimoso is Director of Influencer Marketing at Claroty and Editorial Director of Nexus.
