Planes, Trains, and Tanks
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Rail Penetration Testing
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trains may look like large analog devices, but they are teeming with computers. Communications, monitoring, positive train control, fuel management sy...
Frontiers of Cybersecurity
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Venture capital is America’s innovation engine. Where venture investors deploy capital has a huge impact on which transformational ideas turn into d...
Aircraft Penetration Testing
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even though they may not look like it at first glance, aircraft are crammed full of computers. Communications, navigation, monitoring, flight control,...
Space Force
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The United States established the Space Force in 2019 as the world’s first and only independent space force. Its mission is to protect US and allied...
Field Engineering in Tech
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Field Engineering is the culmination of the delivery of our ideas to the marketplace in a way that realizes as close to immediate value to the custome...
CISA and Bad Practices
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure can have detrimental impacts on everyday life. The past few months, we’ve seen example after example of...
Quantum Crypto
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this podcast, we’ve talked about the need to secure legacy systems from attackers that use today’s technology. But what about securing today’...
Four Stages of Maintenance
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maintenance departments are not often known as the first place to implement new technologies, but as more companies emerge to aid in their processes, ...
The Future of Autonomous Fleets
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous fleets are quickly becoming the new topic of conversation among the trucking, rail, and aviation industries. However, with optimistic promi...
Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks’ ago, we discussed the utility of the hacker’s mindset in all manner of situations. But what if I told you that the hacker’s mentali...
Cyber Hardening for Embedded Devices
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber Hardening is the process of securing a system by reducing its vulnerabilities. In general, cyber professionals who harden systems try to reduce ...
Predictive Maintenance on Military Weapon Systems
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Department of Defense weapon systems have many costs contributing to their sustainment, with maintenance comprising a major portion of total ownership...
Hackers are coming for your water supply
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Critical infrastructure like water plants, power plants, and sewage treatment facilities have become increasingly digital over the past few decades. T...
Think Like a Hacker
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hacker is a person who uses technical skills to overcome a challenge or a problem. Typically the term is used to describe someone working within a c...
Episode 16: Practical IoT Hacking
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we’ve discussed on this podcast numerous times, technology has accreted into our daily lives in profound ways. First, manufacturers infused previ...
Episode 15: Car Hacking
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cars may not have keyboards and login screens, but they are crammed full of computers. These computers are responsible for an increasing number of cri...
Episode 14: Internet Connected Cows
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The agricultural industry has been experiencing a quiet digital revolution. Previously analog, manual processes are becoming fully automated. Data sci...
Episode 13: Designing Electronics
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Electronics are all around us. From the computers and cell phones that we rely on for work, school, and pleasure, or in the aircraft, locomotives, and...
Episode 12: Smarter and Safer Fleets with AI
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we've discussed many times on this show, fleet assets like locomotives, aircraft, and maritime vessels generate massive volumes of data thanks to t...
Episode 11: IoT Cybersecurity
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Internet of Things or "IOT" is a physical device network that exchanges data. These devices have embedded sensors, actuators, and software, and of...
Episode 10: Red Teaming
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity red teaming is a multi-layered attack simulation designed to assess an organization’s security controls. The idea is to emulate attack...
Episode 9: Fleet Data Science
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many fleet assets like locomotives, aircraft, and military weapon systems generate a lot of data. As we’ve previously discussed, fleet asset lifetim...
Episode 8: CREAM of the Crop
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Previously we’ve discussed the Internet of Things or “IOT” -- a physical network device that exchanges data. IOT devices are proliferating at a ...
Episode 7: Precision Railroading
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Precision railroading, also sometimes called Precision Scheduled Railroading or PSR, is an optimization concept popularized by railroading titan Hunte...
Episode 6: OmniTRAX Hack
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
OmniTRAX is a Colorado-based short line rail operator and logistics provider. Recently, they suffered a ransomware attack that seriously disrupted ope...
Episode 5: Reverse Engineering Operational Technology
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reverse engineering is the process of taking an engineered artifact like a software program, a coffee pot, or a car and figuring out how it works at a...
Episode 4: Fleet Intelligence
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fleet assets like locomotives, aircraft, and military weapon systems have long service lives, typically measured in decades. Technology changes massiv...
Episode 3: Planes, Trains, and Tanks Are Really Computer Networks
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Transportation assets like locomotives, cars, ships, and aircraft contain dozens of electronic components. These electronic components collect data an...
Episode 2: Supply Chains and SolarWinds
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it’s easier to break in through the back door. In this episode, we invite special guests Pete Morgan, Aaron Bray, and Louis Lang to discus...
Episode 1: CTFs, Penetration Tests, and Bug Bounties
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Making secure technology is really hard. The security community hosts some unusual-sounding and counterintuitive events to help make the world’s tec...