What OT Can Learn From IT

<p>We hear it all the time. OT is different than IT, and IT doesn't understand OT. People argue about IT/OT convergence. In all these discussions I believe two things are true.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol> <li>OT doesn't really understand IT, and the similar, but not identical, requirements that mission critical IT has with OT.</li> <li>OT can actually learn a lot from IT.</li> </ol> <!-- /wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>So I wanted to discuss this with someone with significant experience in both OT and IT security. Lesley Carhart of Dragos was a great choice. Before Dragos she worked for Motorola and was involved with incident response for both OT and mission critical IT.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I talk and opine a bit more than normal in this episode because I have strong feelings on this topic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Send any comments or suggestions to s4@digitalbond.com, and subscribe if you haven't already.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>Links</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lesley Carhart on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes">@hacksforpancakes</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lesley Carhart personal <a href= "https://tisiphone.net">website</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lesley's DerbyCon session: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ryzTEDYGwA">Confessions of an IT / OT Marriage Counselor</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.dragos.com">Dragos</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->