OT Hacks Can Be Deadly: Sadin on Digital

<p>The Big Themes:</p><ul><li><strong>The Colonial Pipleline hack:</strong> Wake-up call for boards and C-Suites. I’ve worked in utilities industry several times, and a hack in your OT system can kill people.</li><li><strong>Industry networks are not new:</strong> Banks have been ‘clearing’ checks and ‘settling’ securities trades for hundreds of years. Remember “Bank Americard.” But these new industry clouds take industry networks to completely new levels.</li><li><strong>Sadin’s Law of industry differentiation (80-10-10 Rule):</strong> It’s about process, not system application. 80% horizontal process, 10% industry jargon, 10% organizational culture and practice.</li><li><strong>Channel conflict looming:</strong> For every dollar spent on software you spend three dollars implementing it. VARs/ISVs have been valuable channel partners for decades.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Big Quotes:</p><p>“It’s been a great time to be in this business. And it’s a wonderful time to be a consumer of all this stuff.”</p><p> </p><p>This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.</p><p> </p>