Episode 27 – Security and Safety

In this episode we talk about Stuxnet, and the relationship between safety and security more generally. Stuxnet demonstrated that a determined cyber attacker could influence the operation of potentially hazardous industrial machinery. Just how representative is Stuxnet? It required elite teams from at least one, possibly two countries, and achieved only minor damage. Are we in danger of non-state actors causing industrial accidents using their home PCs? Maybe we should ask the 14 year old who derailed trams using a rewired TV remote control ... Transcript is available here.