HOU.SEC.CON Part 2: CEO Thomas Pace on ICS & OT Risks

Key Takeaways

Degrees vs demonstrated skill:
Pace discusses how much a college degree really matters in cybersecurity, highlighting the industry’s growing emphasis on proven capability (and alternative paths into the field).
ICS/OT vulnerability blind spots are why NetRise exists:
He explains the “gap” he saw in industrial control systems and operational technology—where organisations often have far less visibility into what’s running (and what’s vulnerable) than they think.
Building a startup under pressure + what’s next:
The episode covers founding and scaling NetRise during the global pandemic, and previews his follow-on conference talk expanding on “The Vulnerability Disparity of ICS and OT Devices.