Seeing the Invisible: Asset Discovery, Segmentation, and the Reality of OT Security

Podcast: Exploited: The Cyber Truth Episode: Seeing the Invisible: Asset Discovery, Segmentation, and the Reality of OT SecurityPub date: 2026-06-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode of Exploited: The Cyber Truth, host Paul Ducklin is joined by Shane Fry, CTO of RunSafe Security, and Andrew McPhee, Solutions Manager for Industrial Security at Cisco, to examine why visibility is one of the biggest challenges in OT cybersecurity. As industrial environments become more connected, organizations are struggling to identify unknown assets, understand hidden dependencies, and secure systems that were never designed with cybersecurity in mind. McPhee explains how attackers exploit these blind spots, why traditional IT security approaches often fall short in OT environments, and how visibility and segmentation can help reduce risk. Together, they explore: Why asset visibility is the foundation of OT securityHow unknown assets and communication pathways create riskThe differences between active and passive asset discoveryWhy segmentation remains one of the most effective OT security controlsHow IT/OT convergence is expanding the attack surfaceThe role of risk tolerance and risk acceptance in security decisions From manufacturing facilities to critical infrastructure, this episode explores what security teams must understand before they can effectively protect the systems they depend on.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from RunSafe Security, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.