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OT/ICS Cybersecurity Voices: A Video Interview with Lesley Carhart

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) strives to amplify uniquely talented voices in the field of OT/ICS cybersecurity. We recently sat down with Lesley Carhart, principal incident responder at Dragos (a founding member of ISAGCA). One of the few female-identifying OT/ICS cybersecurity experts in the world, Lesley uses her position to advocate for the importance of protecting industrial control systems and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, as well as the imperative to increase diversity in the field.

Watch the exclusive video interview below:

 

To learn more about Lesley's work and her uniquely personalized approach, you can visit her blog at tisiphone.net. You can also read the blog post on diversity in cybersecurity that she mentions in our conversation. 

To explore the Dragos Year in Review report, which we also addressed in the interview, go to dragos.com/year-in-review. If you'd like to read the executive summary for the 2020 report, go here.


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Jennifer Halsey
Jennifer Halsey
Jennifer Halsey was the director of marketing and communications for ISA.

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