Episodes

  • Avoiding Freight Fraud with Matthew Wood

    Avoiding Freight Fraud with Matthew Wood
    Jul 20 2025
    We all depend on products delivered by trucks. Shipping industries are a vital part of critical infrastructure at risk of unique scams and fraud - even when goods themselves make it from Point A to Point B just fine. This week, we chat with Matthew Wood, vice president of strategic relationships and general manager of Cedar Bluff Companies, about proactive steps to detect and avoid freight fraud. You can also learn more from a recent webinar hosted by the Institute for Homeland Security and the Greater Houston Trucking Association.
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    56 mins
  • Farewell Grant

    Farewell Grant
    Jul 14 2025
    This week, we give a fond send off to Grant Threat, transportation project manager and podcast co-host extraordinaire, who is moving to a new role in critical infrastructure. We also chat a bit about the devastating flooding in Kerrville, Texas. Here's a list of charities collecting donations: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/where-to-donate-help-central-texas-flood-recovery/
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    31 mins
  • Monitoring, Measuring & Regulating AI in Critical Infrastructure with Michael Echols

    Monitoring, Measuring & Regulating AI in Critical Infrastructure with Michael Echols
    Jun 16 2025
    Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, emerging in a variety of programs and technologies in critical infrastructure. Michael Echols from MAX Cybersecurity argues that adoption needs to be measurable and intentional - not surprising or under the radar. We also touch on news that AI programs can decline instructions to shut down and Echol's book on cybersecurity and his new book on AI.
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    44 mins
  • Digital Transformation & Innovation Strategy with Nadia Vincent

    Digital Transformation & Innovation Strategy with Nadia Vincent
    Jun 2 2025
    Embracing new technology brings risks and rewards. On the one hand, adopting the right emerging tech and tools can enhance, elevate and streamline your business. On the other hand, adopting the wrong new tools can be expensive and burdensome for employees or customers. The key is strategy - planning deliberately, not hopping on a bandwagon. This week, we explore that strategy in the transportation sector with digital transformation and innovation strategy adviser Nadia Vincent.
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    42 mins
  • Maritime Security at the Top of the World with Rob Crane & Scott McHugh

    Maritime Security at the Top of the World with Rob Crane & Scott McHugh
    May 19 2025
    The Arctic environment is shifting - literally and figuratively. There are unique and varied opportunities and risks for critical infrastructure and national security in and around Alaska and the Arctic Circle. This week, we're joined by IHS program executives Scott McHugh and Robert Crane to chat about last week's Maritime Risk Symposium and the emerging arctic landscape.
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    56 mins
  • Simulated Disasters and Board Games with James Meaux and John Suarez

    Simulated Disasters and Board Games with James Meaux and John Suarez
    May 5 2025
    How do you plan for a disaster? There's only so much you can do with paperwork and theory, but you also don't want to wait for an actual crisis to develop a strategy. That's where simulations come in - and, often, adaptive board games and training exercises. This week, we chat with James Meaux, the regional training and exercise coordinator for SETRAC, and John Suarez, project manager for the health and public health sectors at IHS, about mock mass casualty events and how to role play disaster scenarios.
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    51 mins
  • Agility, Transparency and Resiliency: Understanding When Things Change

    Agility, Transparency and Resiliency: Understanding When Things Change
    Apr 21 2025
    is recognizing when circumstances have changed and adapting to compensate, even if it means changing plans. We've got a short podcast today about responding honestly to curve balls.
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    9 mins
  • How Quantum Computers Could Break the Internet with Nick Reese

    How Quantum Computers Could Break the Internet with Nick Reese
    Apr 7 2025
    Current computers use binary code, a series of ones and zeroes that are arranged methodically in lines of code. They're entirely linear - everything is step by step by step, a one or a zero at a time. That's not the case for quantum computers, the "weird" new computational technology that could shred conventional encryption methods and turn digital infrastructure upside-down. This week, we explore quantum computing with Nick Reese, the co-founder of the Frontier Foundry who also serves on the Homeland Security Advisory Board at George Washington University. In addition to articles at the Frontier Foundry, you may also want to check out Quantum Insider or the Emerging Technology short courses available through IHS.
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    56 mins