Ag-tech companies ignore cybersecurity because there's no regulation forcing them to care. One fix: treat digital security like farm safety, embedding it into existing protocols for disaster recovery and risk management.
I think that ag tech companies need to stop being so predatory into these farms and also start having security by design in mind. And I know I'm not making friends when I say that, but you people cause a lot of problems that don't need to be there. And I really would like to start seeing security-minded individuals who are creating this incredible, well-used, well-loved, sustainable type products come in with security by design. And I realize they're never going to do that until it's regulated. So that is one problem, right? Because we do have secure tech that's hitting these areas. The second problem is, is literally they just don't have time and they're not aware of it. And I think that what I've been doing is rolling into safety checks. So it's part of your safety process. Now it's part of your business continuity. It's part of disaster recovery, whatever you wanna call it for the farm. It's your oh shit plan. You need to start looking at it just like you would assess for fire or for chemical.
