Hack the Plant

About Hack the Plant

Electricity. Finance. Transportation. Our water supply. In Hack the Plant, podcast host Bryson Bort looks for answers to the question: Does connecting these systems, and others, to the internet leaves us more vulnerable to attacks by our enemies? We often take these critical infrastructure systems for granted, but they’re all becoming increasingly dependent on the internet to function. From the ransomware threats of Colonial Pipeline to the failure of the Texas power grid, it is clear our interconnectivity is also a significant source of risk. Hack the Plant walks through the world of hackers working on the front lines of cyber security and public safety to protect the systems you rely upon every day. Hack the Plant is brought to you by ICS Village and the Institute for Security and Technology. ICS Village is a nonprofit that equips industry experts and policymakers with the tools to better defend our critical infrastructure. We educate people on critical infrastructure security with hands-on examples, not just nerd stuff. Catch us at an event near you! www.icsvillage.com. The Institute for Security and Technology is a nonprofit think tank with the mission to bridge gaps between technology and policy leaders to help solve these emerging security problems together. Learn more at securityandtechnology.org.

Publisher

Bryson Bort

Category

government · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Aug 2020

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 53 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From DC to Sacramento: Building Resilient Critical Infrastructure and OT Workforces

   Host Adam Robbie interviews industry experts on building resilient critical infrastructure and OT workforces, emphasizing collaborative expertise.

2. 

   27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Kindness and Critical Infrastructure: Rethinking OT Security

   Host Andrea Haddad, an OT security expert, discusses the challenge of balancing security needs with operational convenience in critical infrastructure.

3. 

   18 Mar 2026

   Cyber-Informed Engineering: Moving Beyond the Firewall

   “The fundamentals of cybersecurity are the fundamentals of good engineering and operations.” - Andrew Ohrt

Inside a recent episode

From DC to Sacramento: Building Resilient Critical Infrastructure and OT Workforces

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's you bring multiple people, multiple teams with different expertise to come together to know what is the best way to secure critical infrastructure. And we have lived and walked the experience of the difficulties of how to bring people from different departments or backgrounds, speak different language, and try to have a common agreement So we have also the security background language, Siemens with the control industry language, and we have Idaho National Lab that brings the national and government language. And we started the white paper content with 60-something pages, and we ended up agreeing on 24 pages. […]

Who has been a guest on Hack the Plant

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Adam Robbie
• Andrea Haddad
• Jim Montgomery

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

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Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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