Does CambiOS Academy Shake Up The OT Security Training Market?
There were 12 organizations at the OT Security Training Roundup at S4x25. The entry bar was low. Buy a ticket and have an OT security training course to promote. The most noteworthy entrant was the launch of CambiOS Academy. The founders behind CambiOS Academy are a...Week 11: Identify And Understand Your Company’s Risk Management Process
Your company has been managing risk since its inception. OT cyber risk is not special. It’s one more risk, albeit often ignored until recently. One clear path to failure is to try to invent your own method for managing OT cyber risk that differs from your company’s...
Gartner’s OT Visibility Magic Quadrant
Advisory services vendor Gartner put out their magic quadrant for “CPS Protection Platforms” on February 12th. (Right in the middle of S4x25, coincidence?) Having covered this market since 2016, I have a few things to say about their magic quadrant and...Week 10: Understand What Success Means In Your Company
It’s critical to know what your organization is trying to achieve and how success is measured if you are going to meaningfully contribute to cyber risk management decisions. This week’s task is to identify your organization’s most important 3 to 5 key mission...March: Know Your Company
Beginning in March we shift for the rest of this book from a focus on your career to a focus on your company’s OT security and cyber risk management program. A common mistake is to begin by selecting and deploying security controls. You find a standard or...
S4x25 Keynote: Your Value As An OT Security Professional
Here’s the text version of my S4x25 keynote delivered on Feb 12th. Of course you don’t get the seesaw that you have in the video. What are you worth? Not as a person. As an OT security professional. What’s your value? How much more is your value than a...Week 9: Identify And Plan Your Career Growth Area
One last, but not least, task to complete your S4 month is to plan what area you will focus your career growth on over the next year. Hopefully your S4x25 experience and the tasks over the past two weeks have given you some insight on what both will inspire you and...
The Impact Of US Government OT Security Firings
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