How To Handshake: The OT Networking Series

Ping and Ryan are joined this week by Fred Gordy from KMC Controls, and James Roberts of Kelso Building Service to talk real cybersecurity for OT networks. We're looking at the differences between IT and OT security priorities, exploring how remote access and cloud-based frontends have shifted the security landscape, and pulling in real-world incident examples.

How to Handshake Ep. 6 — Advanced analytics and predictive maintenance for building automation systems. With Justin Carter and Rudy Bohince. This one's on what "advanced analytics" and "predictive maintenance" actually mean in a real building — the dirty data problem, where these tools genuinely earn their keep, and why none of it works if your network isn't in shape first. Our guests are Justin C...

Is a career in OT still worth it? Which certifications are actually worth chasing, and which ones are mostly marketing? What's the real story behind the skilled labor shortage? And with all the AI noise out there, will these jobs even be here in five years? In Episode 5 of How to Handshake, Ryan LaFlamme and Ping Yao are joined by Jon Spooner and Mike Conway, co-founders of Stacks and Joules — the...

On this week's show, Jim Meacham from Altura Associates and Douglas Plumley from Dartmouth College are here to talk about what actually happens when IT and OT teams are told to work together. Where do they misunderstand each other on day one? Who owns what when a controller drops off the network at 11 p.m. on a Saturday? And when IT security and OT security want opposite things from the same netwo...

On this week's show…Nate Benes from the University of Nebraska joins Ping and I to break down BACnet/SC — is it really the next step in OT networking, should you be getting ready to migrate, and are your BBMDs headed for the recycle bin? We get into the hub-and-spoke model, what zero trust actually looks like when the "user" is a VAV controller, certificates and who should hold the keys, how SC an...

It’s Episode 2 of How to Handshake, Optigo Network’s brand new podcast series! On this week's show… Saheel Chandrani from PingCx and Matt Miller of Fred Williams join Ping and I to dig into what happens after the commissioning team packs up and leaves. For a lot of people in this industry, that's the moment the real work begins—and the moment most buildings start to drift. We talk early warning si...

It’s Episode 1 of How to Handshake, Optigo Network’s brand new podcast series! On this week's show… Aaron Hastings from Apex Consulting and Alex Waibel of BuildingLogix join Ping and I to talk about the growing demand for energy efficiency, energy as a service, and how the OT network has become a foundation for energy saving success.  Want the video? Subscribe to the video podcast anywhere you get...