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once I was stumped. He brought up the critical infrastructure issue right now that cyber
criminals and cyber terrorists going on the offense have massive advantage by implanting
capabilities into these networks using the art of cyber war and you could, heaven forbid,
bring down US critical infrastructure. These industrial networks are desperately in need
of another “Fireeye” like solution and Dr. DeWalt is ‘on it’. Stay tuned for more in this
industry. I am impressed with TemperedNetworks
(see:http://www.temperednetworks.com/) , CryptoniteNxt
(see:https://www.cryptonitenxt.com) and Owl Cyber Defense
(see:https://www.owlcyberdefense.com/) with their unique approaches to helping
solve this problem with ‘zero-trust’ and Dr. DeWalt says there will be more coming – with
a potential multi-billion dollar valued company in this marketplace very soon.

Pictured above, one of the many high risk Industrial SCADA gas energy facilities

The Internet of Things (IoT). Many people call these devices ‘smart’ devices. Both Dr.
DeWalt and I are replacing the word ‘smart’ with ‘extremely vulnerable’ – there are way
too many IoT devices connecting to IP networks vs industrial networks: from your Nest
or similar thermostats on your home or business wifi to smoke alarms, smart-locks, door-
bells with cameras to so many more. The consumerization of IoT home and office seems
amazing and enabling yet, most of these devices are extremely vulnerable – it’s almost as
if each vendor either rushed them to market with accidental vulnerabilities or some of
them have purposeful built-in backdoors.

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