Lucian Niemeyer: Making Cyber Safety A Part Of Culture

Podcast: The PrOTect OT Cybersecurity Podcast
Episode: Lucian Niemeyer: Making Cyber Safety A Part Of Culture
Pub date: 2023-01-25

Over three decades, The Honorable Lucian Niemeyer has served in the White House, the Pentagon, and in Congress providing budget, policy, and management leadership for U.S. national security programs. He continues his public service as the Chief Executive Officer of Building Cyber Security, a private sector, non-profit organization enhancing global safety through the development of cyber security protections for the built environment. 

In this episode, Aaron and Lucian Niemeyer discuss:

Bringing cybersecurity to OT systems Maintaining and improving cybersecurity Why seeing vulnerabilities is important Addressing cyber safety in society

Key Takeaways:

In IT, systems are designed to be secure. A lot of OT systems have been around for 40 and 50 years, back when security wasn’t even a concept much less designed into the architecture. Cybersecurity is not just a one time thing, it needs to be maintained and it needs to be upgraded and allowed to evolve. It’s like a fitness routine, you don’t get healthier or more fit by visiting the gym only once in your life. Pointing out vulnerabilities in a building’s cybersecurity is a huge benefit to the owner. In the most dangerous scenario, somebody could get hurt and in other more probable scenarios, the news of a cyberattack on a building could significantly impact its value. We as a society need to address cyber safety the way that we look at safety in other aspects of our culture. In some areas, safety isn’t an option and we should look at cyber safety the same way. 

"There are processes in place already in our society where we're rewarding good behavior. So the goal is how we can apply that to cyber safety within a building." — Lucian Niemeyer

 

Connect with Lucian Niemeyer: 

Website: https://buildingcybersecurity.org/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucian-niemeyer-307aa65/ 

Connect with Aaron:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrow

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