How do you protect the beating heart of modern manufacturing—smart factories—from equally smart attackers? That’s the question host Paul Ducklin explored with Joseph M. Saunders, CEO and Founder of RunSafe Security, in an episode of Exploited: The Cyber Truth. From...
Operational Technology (OT) security isn’t just a technical problem—it’s a national security imperative. In the latest episode of Exploited: The Cyber Truth, RunSafe Security Founder and CEO Joe Saunders joined host Paul Ducklin to answer a big question: Can we fix OT...
Operational technology (OT) ransomware attacks have escalated to crisis levels in 2025. A recent FBI report revealed a 9% increase in ransomware attacks targeting U.S. infrastructure in 2024, with more than 1,300 complaints linked to critical sectors like energy,...
Industrial systems worldwide share a common weakness in their software supply chains that most security strategies completely miss. Just ask Andy Kling, VP of Cybersecurity at Schneider Electric, one of the world’s leading industrial automation and energy companies....
Patch management for software within critical infrastructure is daunting. Prolonged patch cycles, downtime, and resource-intensive updates can all leave systems vulnerable for far longer than is acceptable. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t patch, but you should seek...
Recently, nation-state actors, like the Volt Typhoon campaign, have demonstrated the potential real-world impact of memory safety vulnerabilities in the software used to run critical infrastructure. It’s for this reason, among other national security, economic, and...
