In this episode, Patrick Miller, Founder of Ampere Industrial Security, discusses what utilities and other industrial companies need to consider when it comes to the goldmines of data they’re collecting from their machines and customers. He also explains why security and privacy needs to be incorporated in these operations by design.

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Tim Erlin: On the latest Tripwire cybersecurity podcast, I had the opportunity to speak with Patrick Miller, who is the CEO of Ampere, Industrial Security and the founder of EnergySec. Patrick, how long have you been in the industry?

Patrick Miller: I have been in the industry for over 30 years. It has been so long that I have stopped counting anymore at this point.

TE: When we talk about IT security, as opposed to the industrial side of things, there certainly are some folks with experience that goes a bit beyond 20 years, but when you start getting past 20 years, you can start asking the question of whether there was really an industry to be a part of. With the industrial sector, though, a much longer tenure exists. Most interesting is the marriage between security and reliability, which creates a longer tail for the industrial side of things than the IT side.

PM: Yeah, I agree. It even goes back into the fact that the safety aspect has been around in the industrial side, and it was supported by security, so the industrial area has had to keep a security mindset for a considerable amount of time.

TE: Yeah. That’s quite true. The conversation that I want to have today began with an earlier conversation that you and I were having about a historical (Read more...)