Patrick O’Brien: “It All Comes Down to Communication”

August 21, 2024

Today’s guest is Patrick O’Brien, Senior Safety and Cybersecurity Engineer at exida.

In today’s episode, Patrick discusses exida and his role there, the safety and cybersecurity issues facing industrial systems, the similarities and differences between threat models facing organizations, working on ISA/IEC 62443 and other standards, what role the software development plays in developing standards, his industry’s use of SBOM, the most significant cybersecurity threat asset owners face today, whether he is optimistic or pessimistic about the future of cybersecurity, a surprise Penn State football question, and as always, his toughest lesson learned.

Can Companies Actually Get Ahead of Zero Days? Skeptics Talk

Can Companies Actually Get Ahead of Zero Days? Skeptics Talk

  Zero days have long been cybersecurity’s unsolvable puzzle—but are defenders closer than ever to staying ahead? In this episode of Exploited: The Cyber Truth, host Paul Ducklin sits down with Steve Barriault of TrustInSoft and Joe Saunders of RunSafe Security to...

read more
What Every Industrial CISO Needs to Know About Embedded Risk

What Every Industrial CISO Needs to Know About Embedded Risk

  As industrial environments become more automated and interconnected, embedded systems are fast becoming one of the most exploited attack surfaces in OT. In this episode of Exploited: The Cyber Truth, Joseph M. Saunders, Founder and CEO of RunSafe Security, joins...

read more