Integrating vendor drivers sounds manageable - until you’re doing it across multiple devices from different manufacturers.

James McNally (@wiresmith) made the switch from LabVIEW to Rust several years ago and has since worked through it. At Oxidize 2026 he'll share the practical patterns that worked, the tradeoffs between different approaches, and the open questions he's still working through.

🔗 https://oxidizeconf.com/sessions/patterns_for_integrating_vendor_drivers_in_rust

#Oxidize2026 #RustLang #EmbeddedRust #IndustrialSystems

When was the last time you thought about the tech that keeps our industrial world spinning? 🌍 Imagine a system built to last 30 years, with today’s technology still in use when we’re thinking about Windows 20 (or whatever the future holds). It sounds wild, but for those of us in the cybersecurity world, that’s reality.

🎙️ In our latest episode of Breaking Badness, we dive deep into the complexities of protecting industrial systems with @hacks4pancakes, Technical Director, Industrial Incident Response at @dragosinc - we spoke about everything from power plants to manufacturing giants. What happens when:

⚙️ The life cycle of a system stretches decades and updating it isn’t as simple as clicking “install update”?

💡 Windows 11 is just starting to be adopted— but by the time it’s widespread, it’ll already be vulnerable?

🚨 Critical safety protocols can’t afford layers of encryption or firewalls because when you hit that emergency stop button, it HAS to work— no questions asked.

🔑 The future of cybersecurity in these environments isn’t just about keeping up with the latest threats; it’s about getting creative with systems that were never designed for modern security needs. And that’s where things get really interesting.

💡 Curious? You should be. Tune in to hear more about it.

🔗 Subscribe and listen now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2f4MSQL7gg&t=19s&ab_channel=DomainTools

#Cybersecurity #IndustrialTech #TechLifeCycle #IndustrialSystems