How to Spot Cyber Attacks on Physical Assets
About this episode
The episode discusses the convergence of safety and cybersecurity in industrial operations and the role of data meshing in identifying cyber threats.
Industrial operations have spent decades optimizing for safety , reliability, and uptime . Control systems, sensors, and field equipment were designed to be stable and predictable, often isolated from the outside world. Cybersecurity , by contrast, evolved largely in IT environments , on a separate track, with different tools, assumptions, and incentives. That separation is no longer holding. Operational technology is becoming more connected , more digital , and more automated . Sensors stream data to the cloud, vendors require remote access, and AI-driven tools increasingly influence operational decisions. At the same time, cyber threats are moving faster, targeting physical systems with the potential for real-world safety and production impacts. One response is data meshing : combining traditional cyber telemetry with operational data such as vibration, maintenance history, and asset performance to create a richer , more reliable picture of what is really happening inside industrial environments. When these signals are viewed together, anomalies surface faster , false positives drop, and attacks become harder to hide. In this episode, I'm speaking with Ian Bramson , VP of…
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