Sign in

Hack the Plan[e]t

@hacktheplant.bsky.social
29 followers 5 following 10 posts

Electricity. Healthcare. The food we eat. Our water supply. Host Bryson Bort walks you through the world of hackers on the front lines of cybersecurity to protect the systems we rely on every day. New eps every 2nd Tuesday. Produced by ICS Village & IST.

PostsRepliesMedia
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW EPISODE: Welcome to Season 6! @brysonbort.bsky.social sits down with guests @joshcorman.bsky.social, James Regan, and Adam Robbie to break down #CriticalEffectDC, preview the next conference, and discuss recent IT/OT research breakthroughs. Listen now:
hack-the-plant.simplecast.com
From DC to Sacramento: Building Resilient Critical Infrastructure and OT Workforces | Hack the Plant
“Securing critical infrastructure is not one person’s job. You bring multiple people, multiple teams with different expertise to come together.” – Adam Robbie
012
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW EPISODE: “The fundamentals of cybersecurity are the fundamentals of good engineering and operations,” civil engineer & water infrastructure specialist Andrew Ohrt joins @brysonbort.bsky.social for the last ep of S5 to explain how Cyber-Informed Engineering protects our most essential resource.
hack-the-plant.simplecast.com
Cyber-Informed Engineering: Moving Beyond the Firewall | Hack the Plant
“The fundamentals of cybersecurity are the fundamentals of good engineering and operations.” - Andrew Ohrt
011
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NEW EP: “It really opened my eyes to how tightly coupled our system is,” emergency physician & disaster management expert Dr. Natalie Sullivan share lessons learned from surviving a hospital #ransomware attack, and what cyber means in medicine. hack-the-plant.simplecast.com/episodes/sys...
010
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
NEW EPISODE: “If you want to upgrade your home, to modernize it, the foundation still needs to be fixed first,” Microsoft Customer Service Officer to the Oil, Gas and Energy industries Dd Budiharto joined @brysonbort.bsky.social to break down the #cybersecurity challenges facing the energy sector.
podcasts.apple.com
Bridging the IT/OT Divide in Oil & Gas
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 01/20/2026 · 39m
111
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
NEW EPISODE: “We're gonna be able to optimize ship operations…[but] now another way for me to hack a ship is going to be by poisoning the data sources.” Former maritime #cybersecurity professor Gary Kessler sat down with @brysonbort.bsky.social to discuss AI’s current & future role in ship ops.
podcasts.apple.com
AI and the Future of Maritime Cybersecurity
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 12/16/2025 · 41m
021
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
NEW EPISODE: “Creating this cyber aware culture is really what we're looking for.” Cyber Readiness Institute Deputy Managing Director Lessie Skiba joins @brysonbort.bsky.social to share more about the CRI’s program matching local water utilities with #cyber experts to bolster #cybersecurity.
podcasts.apple.com
Creating a Cyber Aware Culture for Local Water Utilities
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 09/09/2025 · 28m
052
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
NEW EPISODE: “You can't run a Department of Defense facility without the local government,” @brysonbort.bsky.social sits down with NY State Chief Cyber Officer Colin Ahern & OH Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor Kirk Herath to learn about building statewide cybersecurity programs from the ground up.
podcasts.apple.com
Local Infrastructure is Critical Infrastructure
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 08/13/2025 · 51m
022
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
NEW EPISODE: “Let's start with the basics. Let's start with understanding. Let's start with making it hard to get into your environment,” TXOne ICS Director Jim Montgomery joins @brysonbort.bsky.social to discuss ICS threats (new and old) and how we can begin to secure our systems.
podcasts.apple.com
Old Systems, New Threats
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 06/10/2025 · 31m
021
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NEW EPISODE: “Threat research is an umbrella that covers the way that we try to find threats on systems,” Palo Alto Head of OT Adam Robbie sits down with @brysonbort.bsky.social to break down everything operational technology. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com
The Truth About OT Vulnerabilities
Podcast Episode · Hack the Plant · 05/13/2025 · 34m
032
Hack the Plan[e]t @hacktheplant.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NEW EP: “This is a project about nonprofit cybersecurity, but it's also about how cities can better protect infrastructure that isn't their own,” @powa-sec.bsky.social joins @brysonbort.bsky.social to talk about her work bringing #cybersecurity resources to underserved communities: bit.ly/4lkZP04
051