Patricia Schouker: Stone Age Cybersecurity [Electrified Ep. 9]
Electrified — Insights from the Energy Transition
English - November 16, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBEntrepreneurship Business Investing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Our guest today is Patricia Schouker. Patricia leads business development for King and Union, a cybersecurity firm focused on the energy sector. She's also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Science Diplomacy Center at Tufts University, and was recently selected as one of the top 40 most influential individuals in the energy sector by Right Relevance.
In this conversation, we cover the cross-section of energy as it relates to cybersecurity and geopolitics. We also dive into the likelihood of a cyberattack on the US power grid in the near future.
We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.
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Show Notes:
1:06 - 3:16 Patricia's background
4:14 - 8:12 Critical cybersecurity issues today
8:13 - 11:28 Importance of collaboration
11:29 - 16:39 Insurance mindset and under-spending
16:40 - 23:09 Consequences and likelihood of a cyberattack on the US electric grid
23:10 - 27:48 Smart meters aren't "smart" unless they're secure
27:49 - 32:47 Compliance is not security
32:48 - 38:59 Adapting cybersecurity for industry, not the inverse
39:00 - 45:16 Changing technology landscape alters resource geopolitics
45:17 - 51:32 Climate as a mechanism for diplomacy
51:33 - 56:40 Which energy companies do a good job at cybersecurity?
56:41 - 1:00:01 Rapid change requires radical collaboration; tech should adapt to us not the inverse