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M. Yousuf Faisal
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OT/ICS Cybersecurity
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Aug 2, 2025
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18 min read
[ST # 72] What is IIOT, key threats, industry demands, best practices, and strategies to secure your IIOT implementations and more.✍️ [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Security Awareness
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Apr 6, 2025
11 min read
✅[ST #60] IT, OT & AI Cybersecurity – Series Index = Getting Started, Program, Digital Factory, Guides, Standards, Crash Courses, Quarterly Insights & more..🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
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Oct 27, 2024
16 min read
✅[ST # 35] IT & OT/ICS Cybersecurity Transformation & Awareness Trainings for key stakeholders. [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Jan 31, 2025
14 min read
✅[ST # 47] Digital factory, 4.0, UNS concept, data/event driven architecture, industry conferences, and more. [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
May 18, 2025
21 min read
[ST # 63] ✅ Deadly Sins (Common Mistakes) & Quick Wins (recommended fixes) for Industrial / Manufacturing environments. Plus CISO's query and my response on Managed vs. Unmanaged switches for production environment🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Digital Transformation
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Aug 31, 2024
15 min read
✅[ST # 31] CISO, CIO, CTO, CXO's Guide to Cybersecurity & Resilience Transformation Program [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Oct 27, 2026
[ST # 91] ✅AI governance in IT & OT (across Digital Factory) in plain English: 7 lifecycle stages, high-risk AI under EU AI Act vs. ISO 42001, vs. NIST AI RMF side by side, a new per-system method ST AIAL head-to-head with SANS AISMM + Workshop🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Oct 12, 2026
19 min read
[ST # 90]✅From theory to evidence. The quarter industry had to show its receipts. IT, OT/ICS, & AI Cybersecurity Market (fundings, start-ups & M&As), Cyber threat landscape (Incidents, breaches, ransomware), regulations and CISOs evolving role. 🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Oct 5, 2026
13 min read
✅Agents Went Off-Script Edition - IT + OT/ICS + AI Cybersecurity + Data Privacy + CXOs Cyber Signals 🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Jul 15, 2026
[ST # 86] ✅ Big Change AI Reveals for Cybersecurity, Mythos CISO briefing, What This Means for CISOs and So Where Do We Go From Here. 🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Jun 4, 2026
25 min read
[ST # 85] ✅ IT, OT, AI Cybersecurity Market (fundings, start-ups & M&As), Cyber threat landscape (Incidents, breaches, ransomware), regulations and CISOs evolving role. Consolidation — of capital, of attack surfaces, and of accountability + Mythos.🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Sep 21, 2026
[ST # 89] ✅AI in OT (Industry 4.0 & Manufacturing) in plain English: 5 myths, a Purdue-layer walk (where AI belongs and where it doesn't), 6 new failure modes, what regulators are saying, 7 step CISO's plan for Monday, 7 questions to ask your vendors + Workshop🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Aug 30, 2026
[ST # 88] ✅ ISASecure Automation and Control System Security Assurance (ACSSA) Program Introduction, Free ACSSA Awareness Training and Free Webinar and more 🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Aug 7, 2026
[ST # 87] ✅ Free EU AI Act Awareness Training + Easy Peasy Guide + What Every Manufacturing Leader Needs to Know Before AI Governance Becomes a Boardroom Conversation🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
Apr 14, 2026
42 min read
[ST # 84] ✅ IT, OT, AI Cybersecurity Market (fundings, start-ups & M&As), Incidents, breaches, ransomware, cyber threat landscape, regulations and CISOs evolving role. Things are happening & changing very fast.🚀 [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]
