All Episodes
Displaying 61 - 80 of 89 in total
Episode 60 — Use the Intelligence Life Cycle: Collection, Analysis, Dissemination, and Feedback Loops
This episode explains the intelligence life cycle as a repeatable workflow that turns raw information into decisions, which helps you answer SecOT+ questions about pro...
Episode 61 — Apply Threat Intelligence Frameworks: Diamond Model, ATT&CK for ICS, and Kill Chain
This episode teaches how to use structured threat intelligence frameworks to organize thinking and avoid reactive, headline-driven decisions in OT environments. You’l...
Episode 62 — Learn from Direct-Impact OT Events: Stuxnet, TRISIS, BlackEnergy, FrostyGoop, Industroyer
This episode uses major OT incidents as learning instruments, focusing on what made them directly impactful to physical processes and what lessons translate into exam-...
Episode 63 — Learn from Indirect-Impact Events: Colonial Pipeline, SolarWinds, Maersk, AcidRain, CrowdStrike 2024, RTX
This episode explains why indirect-impact events belong in OT security study, because OT outages often originate upstream in IT, suppliers, or shared services even whe...
Episode 64 — Analyze the OT Threat Landscape: Actor Motives, Capabilities, and Physical Consequences
This episode teaches how to analyze the OT threat landscape by connecting actor motives and capabilities to the kinds of consequences OT environments can experience, w...
Episode 65 — Identify OT Threat Vectors: Remote Access, Media, Supply Chain, and IT-to-OT Pivoting
This episode focuses on the threat vectors most likely to matter in real OT environments and on the SecOT+ exam, with an emphasis on how attackers actually reach cont...
Episode 66 — Operationalize Intel Data Types: IOCs, STIX, YARA, and Where They Fit in OT
This episode teaches how to operationalize intelligence data types without forcing IT-centric workflows into OT environments where telemetry and response options are d...
Episode 67 — Turn Telemetry Into Intelligence: Logs, Sessions, and Anomalies That Matter
This episode explains how to turn telemetry into usable intelligence by focusing on signals that matter in OT, where too much noise can be as dangerous as too little v...
Episode 68 — Explain Secure OT Architectural Principles: Least Privilege, Determinism, and Defense in Depth
This episode teaches core OT architectural principles that support both security and reliable control, because SecOT+ questions often reward the answer that preserves ...
Episode 69 — Design for Operational Resilience: Endurance, Redundancy, High Availability, Recoverability
This episode explains operational resilience as the ability to endure disruption and recover safely, which is a central OT outcome and a frequent thread in SecOT+ scen...
Episode 70 — Engineer Compartmentalization and Criticality: Limiting Blast Radius Without Breaking Control
This episode teaches how to engineer compartmentalization in OT so you can limit blast radius while still preserving the control behaviors operations depend on, a bala...
Episode 71 — Build for Performance, Auditability, and Observability: Trust You Can Prove
This episode explains how OT security designs must preserve performance while also producing auditability and observability that can be demonstrated with evidence, bec...
Episode 72 — Maintain Interoperability and Simplicity: Compatibility Without Expanding Attack Surface
This episode teaches how to maintain interoperability in OT while keeping designs simple enough to operate reliably, because complexity creates hidden dependencies and...
Episode 73 — Apply Physical Security in OT: Badges, Readers, Biometrics, and Turnstiles
This episode explains physical security controls as part of OT security posture, because physical access frequently equals control access when cabinets, ports, and eng...
Episode 74 — Secure Rooms, Cabinets, and Cabling: IDFs, MDFs, and Exposure Reduction
This episode teaches how to secure critical spaces and infrastructure elements in OT, because many “cyber” compromises become easy when rooms, cabinets, and cabling ar...
Episode 75 — Use Surveillance and Inspection: Walkdowns, Video, Motion Detection, Spectrum Analysis
This episode explains how surveillance and inspection support OT security by providing reality checks that tools alone cannot deliver, especially in environments where...
Episode 76 — Implement Perimeter Controls: Fences, Barriers, and Access Governance for Facilities
This episode teaches facility perimeter controls as the outermost layer of OT defense, because the easiest attack path is often the one that requires no network sophis...
Episode 77 — Operationalize Asset Management: Inventory Discovery, Creation, Validation, and Maintenance
This episode explains asset management as a continuous OT security capability, because you cannot govern access, assess risk, or respond confidently if you do not know...
Episode 78 — Choose Discovery Methods Carefully: Passive, Active, and Manual Approaches in OT
This episode teaches how to choose asset discovery methods that respect OT safety and reliability constraints, because the wrong discovery approach can disrupt product...
Episode 79 — Capture Key Asset Attributes: Identity, Location, Ports, Ownership, Vendor, and Function
This episode teaches which asset attributes matter most for OT security decisions and why capturing the right details prevents wasted effort during audits, patch plann...