The Cyber Fusion Report

In Episode 16 of The Cyber Fusion Report, host Gary Mullen is joined by Terry McCorkle, CEO and Founder of PhishCloud, and Katherine Hutton, Product Manager for Cybersecurity at Fluence, for an insightful discussion on the evolving cybersecurity challenges facing the modern energy sector. As Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) continue to expand, inverters become increasingly connected, and critic...

NERC-CIP Without the Theater: Turning Compliance Into Operational Readiness Passing the audit is not the same thing as being prepared for a real-world cyber attack. Many NERC-CIP programs are rich in documentation, evidence collection, and compliance reporting, yet still struggle to answer a more important question: Would we actually detect, contain, and prevent operational impact from a determine...

In Episode 15 of The Cyber Fusion Report, host Gary Mullen sits down with Terry McCorkle and Brad Willet for a hard hitting discussion on the growing pressures facing operational technology security teams. The conversation explores why OT environments continue to fall behind despite rising threats, shrinking resources, and expanding operational complexity. Terry and Brad dive into the impact of AI...

The majority of cybersecurity dashboards were never built for the people who matter most in a crisis. Boards and executive teams are no longer asking, “Are we secure?” They are asking operational questions: Can production stop? How long would downtime last? What is our real business exposure? And what decisions need to be made, and by whom? In this Reality Event, Executive OT Cyber Visibility: Wha...

From Stuxnet to Today: How Has OT Cyber Hygiene Changed OT cybersecurity did not evolve overnight. It has shifted through phases of compliance, global expansion, and now widespread exposure among organizations that lack even the most basic protections. In this episode of The Cyber Fusion Report, Terry McCorkle, CEO and Founder of PhishCloud, is joined by Jonathan Pollet, Founder of Red Tiger Secur...

Industrial organizations have security tools, compliance programs, and technical controls in place. Yet when cyber risk reaches the leadership level, many teams struggle to translate technical findings into clear business decisions. That gap between technology and leadership is where operational risk often grows unnoticed. In this session, Terry McCorkle, CEO and Founder of PhishCloud, and Chris W...

Episode 13 of The Cyber Fusion Report explores a rapidly emerging threat at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity: AI agent marketplaces as a new form of software supply chain risk. Joined by Chris Weule, Chris Wightman, and Chris Mosley, the discussion breaks down how platforms like OpenClaw introduce hidden dangers through third party agent extensions that can expose cred...

Episode 12 of The Cyber Fusion Report explores the growing importance of the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, or vCISO, in modern operational technology environments. In this episode, Terry McCorkle and Joshua Nicolson discuss how vCISOs help bridge the gap between cybersecurity strategy, operational realities, and executive decision making. The conversation covers the day-to-day role o...

 In Episode 11 of The Cyber Fusion Report , host Gary Mullen is joined by Terry McCorkle and Brian Schleifer to explore one of the most pressing challenges facing organizations today: turning overwhelming volumes of cybersecurity and operational data into clear, measurable business risk. The discussion focuses on why aggregation alone creates noise without context, how critical institutional knowl...

Most OT security programs look solid on paper. Audits are passed. Pen test reports are filed. Patch cycles are on schedule. But here is the uncomfortable question: If an attacker moved from IT into your OT environment tonight, would you see it? Would your security team detect it before operations noticed something wrong on the plant floor? And if you did detect it, could you contain the threat wit...

In this episode of The Cyber Fusion Report, host Gary Mullen is joined by Chris Weule, Director of Operational Technologies, Cyber Fusion and Strategy, Chris Wightman, Senior OT Threat Hunter, and Chris Mosley, OT Threat Detection and Response Analyst. Together, they confront a hard truth: most organizations claim they want cyber fusion, yet their org charts, budgets, and KPIs still reinforce the...

cross critical infrastructure, we continue to see the same pattern: Organizations invest in OT penetration testing. They receive clean reports. Risks are documented. Leadership signs off. And months later, operations are disrupted by an attack. This isn't negligence. It's a structural problem. Traditional OT penetration testing validates exploits. Modern industrial attacks exploit operations. Thos...

In Episode 9 of The Cyber Fusion Report, we break down the red team findings that did more than expose gaps. They forced real changes in defense strategy. We talk about: • The illusion of coverage and the risk of Shadow IT. • How attackers abuse identity infrastructure without triggering alerts. • Why dashboards measure posture but red teams measure consequence. • The cultural shifts that happen w...

Most OT security programs can pass a penetration test. That does not mean they can stop a real attack. In Episode 8 of The Cyber Fusion Report, we break down one of the most misunderstood topics in industrial cybersecurity: red teaming in OT environments and why applying IT testing models to operational systems creates dangerous blind spots. This conversation goes beyond vulnerability scanning and...

Your employees are being hunted. Every single day, attackers craft emails so convincing that 97% of organizations fall victim. But here's what nobody's telling you: the real threat isn't the phishing email. It's that you're playing defense while attackers already know your playbook. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the billion-dollar gap in your security strategy. Forget generic traini...

Your OT environment is under attack right now, and you don't even know it. While you're drowning in security alerts from your IT network, adversaries are silently mapping your industrial systems , learning your operational patterns, and positioning themselves to strike when it hurts most. A single disruption doesn't just cost money, it halts production, endangers safety, and destroys customer trus...

Your infrastructure is crumbling, not from age, but from a security gap so massive that 70% of industrial enterprises can't even see what's happening during an active attack. Manufacturing, energy, logistics, the systems that keep our world running, are wide open. And while you're focused on protecting your IT network, ransomware gangs just extracted $7.4 billion from manufacturers alone in a sing...

Welcome to The Cyber Fusion Report , the podcast where we cut through cybersecurity noise and focus on what actually protects operations, infrastructure, and the business. In this episode we take a hard look at Cyber Fusion Centers :  what they really are, why so many organizations get them wrong, and what it takes to build one that delivers real value from the boardroom to the front lines. I’m jo...

Battery Energy Storage Systems are being deployed across the grid at scale. But here's what nobody's saying out loud: these systems—many sourced through China with opaque firmware and embedded control systems —are creating cyber-physical liabilities with national security implications. BESS will be targeted. The question isn't if, it's whether you can see, understand, and contain the impact. In th...

Your building is no longer a passive environment. HVAC systems, elevators, access control, lighting, and fire suppression are fully IP-connected, remotely managed, and deeply entangled with corporate infrastructure. The question isn't "Are these systems vulnerable?" It's "Who's actually watching them, and who's responsible when something goes wrong?" Here's the uncomfortable truth: vendor-managed...

Industrial cyberattacks are exploding, OT environments are getting hit harder than ever, and most organizations are still relying on outdated penetration tests that fail to reveal their true exposure. In Episode 4 of The Cyber Fusion Report , powered by PhishCloud, we uncover the hidden risks inside modern industrial systems and why OT Red Team Assessments are now essential for real-world resilien...