Embedded Industrial Security: The Network-Native Advantage
From SecurityWeek Podcast Series - Cybersecurity Insights by SecurityWeek
January 29, 2026 · 28 min
About this episode
Andrew McPhee discusses the advantages of network-native security in industrial environments.
Andrew McPhee, Industrial IoT Security Solution Manager at Cisco, joins the SecurityWeek podcast and dives into why traditional monitoring and SPAN-based approaches fail to deliver true visibility in industrial environments, and how network-native security embeds inspection, segmentation, and protection directly into the network. We discuss real-world implementation challenges, economic tradeoffs, and how to move from visibility to action without disrupting operations. (Want to continue...
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Host: SecurityWeek
Guest: Andrew McPhee
Topics covered
- industrial security
- network-native security
- IoT security
- visibility in industrial environments
- implementation challenges
Keywords
- industrial IoT
- security monitoring
- SPAN-based approaches
- network inspection
- segmentation
- protection
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Organizations: Cisco
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