Embracing The Devil Inside to Stifle Hackers

One of the mantras that I’ve clung to from my childhood is drawn from one of my favorite toys and shows – GI Joe. Duke, Snake Eyes and the rest of the Joes always reinforced that “Knowing is half the battle.”  If that’s truly the case, then the industrial sector still has a ways to go in fully combatting the impact of cyber attacks, and shoring up their cyber security strategies. Insurance provider Travelers has  unveiled their most recent Risk Index Survey, with cybersecurity ranking as the single biggest business concern. Included in their findings was that 57 percent of respondents think an attack is inevitable – with their biggest fears, in order, being a security breach, system glitch or ransomware attack.Joining us to discuss these ongoing concerns and some of the simple solutions to help ward off these attacks, is Kirstin Simonson, Technology Lead at Travelers.To catch up on past episodes, you can go to Manufacturing.net, IEN.com or MBTmag.com. You can also check Security Breach out wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Amazon and Overcast. And if you have a cybersecurity story or topic that you’d like to have us explore on Security Breach, you can reach me at jeff@ien.com.To download our latest report on industrial cybersecurity, The Industrial Sector’s New Battlefield, click here.