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Hack the Plant

Bryson Bort
Cybersecurity
Critical Infrastructure
Operational Technology
Mitre Emb3d
Industrial Control Systems
US Oil and Natural Gas
Ransomware
Ukraine
North American Power Grid
Vulnerabilities
Malware Attacks
Water Utilities
Advanced Persistent Threats
Cisco
Defense Of Democracies
CISA
Colonial Pipeline
Texas Power Grid
TSA Security Directives
Public Safety

Electricity. Finance. Transportation. Our water supply. In Hack the Plant, podcast host Bryson Bort looks for answers to the question: Does connecting these systems, and others, to the internet leaves us more vulnerable to attacks by our enemies? We often take these critical infrastructure systems for granted, but they’re all becoming increasingly dependent on the internet to function. From the ra... more

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For the last episode of season 5, host Bryson Bort sat down with Andrew Ohrt, Resilience Director at West Yost Associates. A civil engineer specializing in water infrastructure, Andrew bridges the gap between traditional engineering and digital risk.... more

Our host Bryson Bort welcomes Dr. Natalie Sullivan, Medical Director of the Emergency Response Medical Group and an emergency medicine physician at a D.C. area hospital. Trained in EMS and disaster and operational medicine, Natalie turned her attenti... more

Bryson Bort is joined by Dd Budiharto, Microsoft’s Customer Security Officer for the Oil, Gas, and Energy sectors, to share her experience bridging the IT/OT divide in the energy sector. Drawing on her background as a former CISO and industry veteran... more

In this episode, host Bryson Bort sits down with Gary Kessler, retired cybersecurity professor and co-founder and director of the Maritime Hacking Village. As a maritime cybersecurity researcher, consultant, and practitioner with nearly fifty years o... more

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Recent Guests

Lessie Skiba
Deputy Managing Director at the Cyber Readiness Institute
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Episode: Creating a Cyber Aware Culture for Local Water Utilities
Colin Ahern
First Chief Cyber Officer of New York State, appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2022.
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Episode: Local Infrastructure is Critical Infrastructure
Kirk Herath
Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and chairman of Cyber Ohio.
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Episode: Local Infrastructure is Critical Infrastructure
Jim Montgomery
Director of Industrial Cybersecurity Solutions at TXOne Networks
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Episode: Old Systems, New Threats
Adam Robbie
Head of OT Threat Research at Palo Alto Networks
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Episode: The Truth About OT Vulnerabilities
Sarah Powazek
Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
UC Berkeley
Episode: Bridging the Cybersecurity Resource Gap
Josh Corman
Executive in residence for public safety and resilience at IST, founder of I Am the Cavalry
Institute for Security and Technology
Episode: Preparing for Unnatural Disasters
Carter Manucy
Cybersecurity Director of NRECA, overseeing cybersecurity initiatives for rural electric cooperatives
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Episode: Protecting Critical Infrastructure for Rural Electric Cooperatives
Sara Patrick
President and CEO at MRO, specialized in reliability and security of the North American bulk power system.
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Episode: Reliability and Risks of the North American Power Grid

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Bryson Bort
Host of Hack the Plant

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 35 ratings
  • Well that was unsettling

    Important but not for the faint of heart.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MAwantshappyhour
    United States6 years ago
  • Really fun podcast for cyber and national security

    It’s hard to make these fun or understandable if you’re not in it, but he does a great job.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ShoshanaW
    United States6 years ago
  • Hack The Planet

    Can’t wait to listen to what other topics Bryson and his guests jump into. Great show for a great cause that is important to each and every single person.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jlangas
    United States6 years ago

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Reviews emphasize how effectively the content is presented, making complex subjects accessible and engaging for a broader audience.
Listeners appreciate the important and pressing nature of the topics discussed, often highlighting the unsettling yet necessary conversations surrounding cybersecurity.
Feedback consistently reflects excitement for future episodes, suggesting listeners find value in the conversations and the host's approach.

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Creating a Cyber Aware Culture for Local Water Utilities
Q: Can you tell us more about that nonprofit?
Lessie explains that the Cyber Readiness Institute was founded to address cybersecurity gaps, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses, and is currently working on initiatives for water utilities.
Creating a Cyber Aware Culture for Local Water Utilities
Q: What mistakes in life brought you here to this moment?
Lessie shares that her biggest mistake was not getting an internship in college and instead choosing to perform in the circus, which led her to build a network that eventually got her into cybersecurity.
The Truth About OT Vulnerabilities
Q: How can we define the anomaly in the signal?
By using their knowledge from electric engineering, they focus on how to separate noise signals from real signals, identifying hacker signals as anomalies.
The Truth About OT Vulnerabilities
Q: What are the top threats Adam is seeing in OT attacks?
Manufacturing is particularly vulnerable due to a significant percentage of attacks happening internally.
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Q: How do we ensure our international partners attain the same level of resiliency?
We need to have strong critical infrastructures are our forces arrive and execute their missions, which involves international cooperation and strategy implementation.

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