Security Breach: Strengthening Your Weakest Links

Security Breach

Security Breach
Security Breach: Strengthening Your Weakest Links
Feb 05, 2026
Eric Sorensen

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When we talk about the challenges presented to those trying to secure the operational landscape of manufacturing, it’s tough to avoid what I’d call the usual suspects - endpoints, connection points, credentials, vulnerabilities, silos and, of course, the impact of artificial intelligence.

And just as there are benefits to discussing these individual aspects, it’s equally important to look at things from a bigger picture in tying them all together. This not only helps us strengthen the chain, but appreciate the significance of reinforcing each of those links.

Perhaps no one has helped tie all of these different players together better than our guest for this episode. Vinod D’Souza leads the manufacturing and industry vertical for Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO. Watch/listen as we discuss:

  • Emerging vulnerabilities and response plans.
  • Segmentation challenges in the era of constant technological expansion.
  • New-age approaches to patching.
  • The connected fibers of artificial intelligence and the human factors of cybersecurity.
  • Addressing IT and OT silos.

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If you have a cybersecurity story or topic that you’d like to have us explore on Security Breach, you can reach me at jeff@ien.com.

Episode Artwork Security Breach: Strengthening Your Weakest Links 32:58 Episode Artwork Clarifying the Big-Picture Impacts of CMMC 41:23 Episode Artwork Shiny Objects and the Power of Preparation 44:22 Episode Artwork You Don't Have to Out-Tech the Hacker 40:55 Episode Artwork Speaking the Right Language 46:39 Episode Artwork Why People Are Not the Biggest Risk 49:03 Episode Artwork Preserving Uptime in the Face of Evolving Attacks 31:05 Episode Artwork New Patching Strategies for Old Vulnerabilities 26:12 Episode Artwork The Wild & Weird of Industrial Cybersecurity 30:33 Episode Artwork Using AI to Stay Ahead of the Hack 31:41 Episode Artwork Threat Landscape Update 49:32 Episode Artwork Cure Me or Kill Me - The Little Things That Escalate Attacks 43:18 Episode Artwork Being 'Proactively Paranoid, Not Paralyzed' 36:54 Episode Artwork Why More Hackers Are Logging On Than Breaking In 32:27 Episode Artwork You Think You Know Me 35:06 Episode Artwork Avoiding the Ostrich Approach 50:46 Episode Artwork 'We've Made Our Own Prison' 42:19 Episode Artwork Dark AI Speeding Hacker Evolution 36:11 Episode Artwork Why Ransomware, Credential Theft and Phishing Schemes Persist 39:22 Episode Artwork Unsecure Webcam Was All a Ransomware Group Needed 31:23 Episode Artwork IABs, Dark Web Fueling Ransomware Surge 38:41 Episode Artwork Manufacturing’s Internal Cyber Struggles 27:18 Episode Artwork Observations of an Ethical Hacking Researcher 35:35 Episode Artwork The Evolution of OT Vulnerabilities 36:47 Episode Artwork The Legacy of AI in Cybersecurity 26:46