What Keeps an Industrial Cybersecurity Expert up at Night? with Jonathan Tubb of Siemens Energy
On this episode of the IoT: The Internet of Threats podcast, Jonathan Tubb, Director of Industrial Cyber Security, North America, at Siemens Energy, joins podcast host Eric Greenwald to explore the threats that keep industrial cybersecurity experts up at night, how today's energy and utility companies protect the U.S. power grid from terrorism and natural-disaster worst-case scenarios, the value of regulation as a catalyst for change in improving the industry's control environment, and how to get energy and utility companies committed to critical infrastructure protection.
Interview with Jonathan Tubb:
Jonathan Tubb is a leader for industrial cybersecurity in North America with Siemens Energy, one of the world's largest energy technology companies. In his role at Siemens Energy, Jonathan applies his extensive expertise to developing solutions to the company's biggest security challenges by identifying and mitigating threats in critical infrastructure environments. Jonathan earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Ohio State University and maintains a Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Computer Engineering.
With more than 90,000 employees in over 90 countries, Siemens Energy's operations span nearly all of the energy value chain, from power generation to transmission to storage and includes both conventional and renewable energy technologies. Siemens Energy reported revenues of €28.5 billion for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.
In this interview, Eric and Jonathan discuss:
The threats that put America's power grid at risk
Protecting the power grid from catastrophic acts of terrorism and natural disasters
The varied approaches energy and utility companies take toward critical infrastructure regulation
How to get energy and utility companies to prioritize cybersecurity
How engineers approach cybersecurity when moonlighting a microbrewery start-up
Find Jonathan on LinkedIn:
Jonathan Tubb: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-tubb/
Learn more about Siemens Energy: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siemens-energy/
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