# 188: Adopting a Cybersecurity Strategy That Fits Your Manufacturing Business with Mollie Breen, CEO & Founder of Perygee

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2024-06-04
- Length: 49m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com

## Summary

Mollie Breen, CEO and founder of Perygee, discusses cybersecurity strategies for manufacturing businesses, drawing on her background as a mathematician at the NSA and her experience navigating government bureaucracy to launch her company. She emphasizes returning to foundational security practices like asset inventory and network segmentation, especially as AI introduces new offensive and defensive capabilities. Breen outlines tailored approaches for different company sizes, noting that small businesses should leverage default security settings and segmentation, while scaling companies must build maturity to satisfy investor due diligence. She also highlights the unique regulatory challenges in medical devices and the evolving role of security leaders from 'veto votes' to business enablers.

## Chapters

- [0:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=46) Introduction: Mollie Breen and Perygee
- [4:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=240) AI and the Return to Cybersecurity Basics
- [6:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=412) NSA Experience and Entrepreneurial Lessons
- [11:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=682) Foundational Security vs. Reactionary Spending
- [15:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=947) Security's Role in Digital Transformation
- [22:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=1350) Tailoring Strategy: Public vs. Private Companies
- [27:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=1674) Cybersecurity for Small and Scaling Businesses
- [33:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=1987) Medical Device Challenges and Industry Lessons
- [40:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-06-04-188-adopting-a-cybersecurity-strategy-that-fits-your-manufacturing-business-with#t=2412) Evolution of Security Roles and Perygee's Solution

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Perygee (company)
- NSA (company)
- E-plan (tool)
- NIST framework (other)
- SAP (tool)

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- [Cyber Security in Manufacturing w/ Jason Ray](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2023-04-11-cyber-security-in-manufacturing-w-jason-ray) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [#472: Cost Containment: Right-Sizing Medical Device Cybersecurity with Chris Gates](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2026-09-21-472-cost-containment-right-sizing-medical-device-cybersecurity-with-chris-gates) (Global Medical Device Podcast)
- [Automation 101 with Chris Luecke Manufacturing Happy Hour, Ep #2](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2024-11-20-automation-101-with-chris-luecke-manufacturing-happy-hour-ep-2) (Lights Out)
- [PKI and IoT Device Security in 2021 | Keyfactor's Ellen Boehm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-01-12-pki-and-iot-device-security-in-2021-keyfactors-ellen-boehm) (IoT For All Podcast)
- [What’s Driving Change in the IoT Industry? | Bsquare's Ralph C. Derrickson & Matthew Inglis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-21-whats-driving-change-in-the-iot-industry-bsquares-ralph-c-derrickson-matthew-ing) (IoT For All Podcast)

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