Unsolicited Response
Episodes
Long Conversation: OT and IT - Convergence, Integration, and Separation?
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Few topics get as much heat as the current, future, and ideal relationship between OT and IT. One of the first posts someone just discovering OT makes...
Unsolicited Response with Maggie Morganti
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson discusses with Maggie how she got into OT security, her recent move to the Financial Sector, women in ICS security, and more.
S4x25 Feedback & Review
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're not interested in S4, skip this episode. Dale goes over the feedback from the survey and S4 Event's own thoughts on the event, Tampa, and mo...
Joel Langill On His New OT Security Training Class And More
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson speaks with Joel Langill, the SCADAHacker, about his new training course entitled Conducting Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessments...
S4x24 Main Stage Interview With Stewart Baker
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stewart Baker is one of the preeminent lawyers on topics of cyber law with an impressive career in and out of government. Stewart also hosts the Cyber...
S4x24 Main Stage Interview With Rob Lee
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson interviews Rob Lee on the S4 Main Stage. They cover a lot of ground and Rob is never shy about sharing his opinions and analysis. They d...
Chris Hughes, Author of Effective Vulnerability Management
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Hughes and Nikki Robinson recently wrote the book Effective Vulnerability Management. Dale and Chris discuss the topic and book including: The...
2024 Threat Report – OT Cyber Attacks with Physical Consequences
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Waterfall Security Solutions and ICSSTRIVE put out an annual threat report that Dale Peterson believes is the best in OT. Why? It only includes incide...
State Of NERC CIP, European Update and OT Security Community
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Miller has OT cybersecurity experience as an asset owner, PacificCorp. As a regulator and one of the first NERC CIP auditors with WECC. As a c...
Book Interview: Introduction To SBOM And VEX
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
S4x24 Closing Panel
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Q1: ICS Security In Review
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Stewart joins Dale to discuss the 3 big OT & ICS security stories from the first quarter. They end by giving their win, fail and prediction for Q...
S4x24 Preview
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Predictions Analyzed
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this solosode episode Dale reviews the status of his three predictions from the Q1, 2 and 3 quarter in review episodes and answers a listener quest...
Q4 ICS Security Quarter In Review
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CISA Attack Surface Scanning Service
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale is joined by Steve Pozza, CISA Section Chief of Operational Resilience, and Tom Millar, CISA Branch Chief of Resilience, to discuss some of CISA'...
Engineering-Grade OT Security with Andrew Ginter
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Ginter published his third book this year: Engineering-Grade OT Security. Dale interviews Andrew on the book including: Who was the target re...
Asset Inventory, Lawyers, and AI
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week is a Dale Peterson solosode. Updates and Announcements Dale provides updates about S4x24 ticket sales and announces the Women In ICS Securit...
Is The Purdue Model Dead (E)
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Shortridge - Security Chaos Engineering in ICS
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly joins Dale to discuss her new book Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems. Kelly points out the second part ...
IACS System Testing and Assessment Rating (STAR) Methodology with Don Weber
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Don Weber joins Dale Peterson to describe his IACS STAR Methodology to score the risk of a vulnerability to an ICS (or IACS in 62443-speak). It is a m...
Dave Whitehead On SBOMs, Manufacturing in the US, and more
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Whitehead, CEO of SEL, joins Dale on the show to talk about: The new SEL printed circuit board (PCB) factory in Idaho. Why they bucked the trend...
Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) with Nicole Sundin
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale and Nicole Sundin of Axio discuss CRQ, how to deal with the precision challenge, Axio's prioritization of impact, ransomware on IT affecting oper...
Presidential Candidate Will Hurd
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former Congressman and Presidential candidate Will Hurd is a rarity with a tech background in someone who was elected to the US Congress, and even rar...
ICS Security - Q3 In Review
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Miller of Ampere Industrial Security joins Dale to discuss the three big stories of the quarter and give their win, fail and prediction. Stori...
Dale Peterson On The Sunspace Alliance Webinar
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson was recently interviewed by Jay Johnson of Sandia and Tom Tansy of the Sunspec Alliance as part of their distributed energy resources (D...
Cyber-Physical Attacks with Marina Krotofil
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marina Krotofil recently published the paper Industrial Control Systems: Engineering Foundations and Cyber-Physical Attack Lifecycle which is a detail...
SBOMs & CycloneDX with Steve Springett
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Springett is the Chair of the OWASP CycloneDX Core Working Group. CycloneDX is one of the two main machine readable formats that SBOMs are being...
The OT Cybersecurity / Climate Nexus with Andy Bochman
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At S4x23 Andy Bochman gave a Main Stage performance on the OT Cybersecurity / Climate Nexus. It's a new idea and Dale wanted to dig into it and unders...
Water Sector Cyber Risk with Gus Serino
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gus Serino worked at a large water utility before joining Dragos in 2019. We're talking water sector so it's obligatory to start with Oldsmar (2:20), ...
One-Way, SAIDI & S4x24 CFP
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a solo-sode where Dale reviews two articles from July with comments on comments and additional thoughts. The final section is a must listen if...
Interview with HD Moore
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HD Moore is most famous for his creation of the Metasploit penetration testing framework. It began in 2003 and hit the OT world in 2011. HD is now the...
US Dept of Energy's OT Defender Fellowship Program
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale is often critical of the US Government's efforts and programs to address OT cyber risk. So it's a pleasure to highlight a program that is working...
Eric Cosman On Dow, Open Automation, 62443 & More
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Cosman had a 38 year career at Dow Chemical, was on the ISA 99 committee its inception, and then he retired. After retirement Eric joined ARC Adv...
ICS Security Quarter In Review Q2-2023
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Hyman of Verge Management Group joins Dale to discuss the big 3 stories of Q2 along with their win, fail and predication. Big Stories The OT Sec...
Josh Corman - Healthcare Security, SBOMs & More
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Corman is the VP of Cyber Safety Strategy at Claroty, was the Chief Strategist of the CISA COVID Task Force, and founder of I Am The Cavalry. Jos...
OTCEP Panel - Secure PLC Coding Practices
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a replay of a lively panel from the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore's OT Cybersecurity Expert Panel (OTCEP) last year. It begins wi...
Metrics: How Effective Is A Security Control?
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How much does a security control reduce cyber risk? What control or mix of controls provides the most efficient cyber risk reduction? Tough questions ...
S4x23 Closing Panel
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Langner, Megan Samford and Zach Tudor join Dale Peterson on the S4 Main Stage to close out S4x23. This Closing Panel is always an attendee favor...
Puesh Kumar, Director of CESER at US Dept of Energy
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson interview CESER Director Puesh Kumar on the S4x23 Main Stage. We discuss a number of CESER programs how they are measuring success, what...
Chris Blask: Cybersecurity Pioneer and Idea Man
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Blask has a long career bringing new ideas to reality. He currently is Vice President of Strategy at Cybeats, who has a SBOM Studio product. Cyb...
Edgard from Nozomi (Part 2)
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The August 2021 Unsolicited Response episode with Edgard Capdevielle, CEO of Nozomi Networks, was a fan favorite. So Dale invited Edgard back, like th...
Interview with Gene Spafford
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson interviews cybersecurity legend Gene Spafford on the S4x23 Main Stage. Some of what they cover is: how to deal with securing legacy sy...
ICS Security: Q1 in Review
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marty Edwards joins Dale Peterson to discuss the big stories of the first quarter of 2023. The US National Cybersecurity Strategy ISA / ISASecure sta...
The OT SBOM Market
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson talks with Matt Wyckhouse, Founder and CEO, of Finite State about where the SBOM products and market is today and where it will go in th...
Puesh Kumar - Director of Dept of Energy's CESER
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Peterson interviewed Puesh Kumar on the S4x23 Main Stage. Puesh is the Director of the US Dept of Energy's Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Emer...
Book Interview: Industrial Cybersecurity with Steve Mustard
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Mustard took his 30 years of experience and wrote Industrial Cybersecurity: Case Studies and Best Practices, published by ISA. After talking ab...
Cyber Persistence Theory
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dale's interview with Michael Fischerkeller, co-author of the bood Cyber Persistence Theory. The first half of the interview digs into Cyber Persisten...
OT Managed Security Services - 1898 & Co.
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Interview with Bill Fehrman of Berkshire Hathaway Energy
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
ICS Village Talks About ICS CTF At S4x23
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tom VanNorman and Don Weber join Dale to describe the ICS Capture The Flag competition they will be running at S4x23, Feb 13 - 16 in Miami South Beach...
Women In ICS Security
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Cusimano, Kim Legelis, and Saltanat Mashirov join Dale Peterson to talk about the Women In ICS Security Program at S4x23, Feb 13-16 in Miami Sou...