Guest Bio - Kyle McMillan
Kyle has a background in Electrical Engineering & control systems. As his responsibilities at Siemens expanded to include industrial networks anda industrial cybersecurity, Kyle developed a passion for cybersecurity and a deep understanding of IT / OT challenges in manufacturing. As a product security officer at Siemens, Kyle is responsible for establishing best practices that protect internal systems and those of end-users of Siemens products.

From open ports to air-gapped systems, and DMZ's - should we care about Cybersecurity?

Yes, we should, and Kyle McMillan should tell us all about it.

As we kick off IT-OT Convergence and maybe IT v OT, we know a couple of things:

1) We'll be talking about secret laptops.
2) We need to find a way to secure our systems.

Bring your cyber questions as we welcome Kyle to the show!

A special thank you to Siemens for sponsoring this theme and your continued support of the community!

Manufacturing Hub Episode 96.

Be sure not to miss this great conversation.

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Connect with Us

• Kyle McMillan
• Vlad Romanov
• Dave Griffith
• Manufacturing Hub
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Chapters ⏱️
0:00 - 2:32 Intro
2:33 - 6:37 Background
6:38 - 11:32 Deterministic protocols?
11:33 - 13:27 Niches challenges in manufacturing
13:28 - 16:01 Shifting to cybersecurity
16:02 - 17:59 The learning curve in cybersecurity
18:00 - 19:59 Training courses
20:00 - 24:22 Customers and the IT convergence
24:23 - 27:12 Checkbox security
27:13 - 30:05 Starting points to audit and understanding a system
30:06 - 36:58 Frameworks and starting points for cybersecurity
36:59 - 41:19 People in charge of cybersecurity
41:20 - 42:27 Sponsored content
42:28 - 46:08 Shadow IT
46:07 - 49:54 Adequate security training in IT and OT
49:55 - 53:55 Managing the appetite for automation and workforce
53:56 - 59:24 Effort and ROI in cybersecurity
59:25 - 1:02:01 Protection level on the production floors
1:02:02 - 1:03:52 Having an in-house IT department
1:03:53 - 1:07:10 Future predictions
1:07:11 - 1:09:08 Content recommendations
1:09:10 - 1:11:45 Starting with cybersecurity - recommendations
1:11:46 - 1:15:32 Contacts
1:15:33 - 1:6:33 Outro

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