Critical Infrastructure: Everything is Connected and Vulnerable

The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast

When hackers target the systems controlling your water, power, and transportation, the consequences go far beyond data breaches—people can die. Leslie Carhartt, Technical Director of Incident Response at Dragos, pulls back the curtain on one of cybersecurity's most critical blind spots: industrial control systems that keep society running but remain dangerously exposed.

What You'll Learn:

• Why industrial control systems can't be updated like your laptop—and what that means for security
• How threat actors are using AI to generate custom malware for power plants and water treatment facilities
• The real state of critical infrastructure security (spoiler: forget about air gaps)
• Why commodity ransomware has become an existential threat to industrial operations
• The five critical controls organizations should implement right now to defend OT environments

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Capitoli

1. Meet Leslie Carhart Of Dragos (00:00:00)

2. What ICS And OT Really Are (00:03:20)

3. The Air Gap Myth And Modern Connectivity (00:06:45)

4. Why Legacy Systems Persist In Critical Ops (00:11:30)

5. How Ransomware Disrupts Industrial Processes (00:16:45)

6. Regulation, Risk, And Practical Constraints (00:20:35)

7. Life Safety Over Perfect Security (00:24:15)

8. Adversaries, Capabilities, And Exposure (00:27:55)

9. Reactive IR Vs Proactive OT Security (00:32:10)