Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Control Loop zeroes in on a corner of security most shows skim past: the operational technology running power grids, water plants, oil refineries, and factory floors. Hosted by Dino Busalachi and produced by N2K Networks (the team behind CyberWire), the show pairs industry veterans with ICS engineers, CISOs, and researchers who actually babysit PLCs for a living. Episodes alternate between a news roundup covering the latest ICS-CERT advisories and longer interviews that unpack ransomware hitting manufacturers, the messy overlap between IT and OT teams, and why patching a turbine controller is nothing like patching a laptop. The tone stays practical and unhurried. Guests talk about asset inventory headaches, how to segment networks without taking down production, and what actually happens during an incident response at a plant running twenty-year-old Siemens gear. Recent episodes have covered Volt Typhoon activity, CISA's performance goals for critical infrastructure, and the slow drip of vulnerabilities in building automation systems. If you work in ICS, manage a SOC that's suddenly inherited OT responsibility, or just want to understand why people who secure factories lose sleep at night, Control Loop is one of the few shows built specifically for you. Short enough to finish on a commute, meaty enough to leave you with actual homework.