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The Bishop's Banter

The Bishop's Banter

By: Ari Novikoff MCP CSE
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The Bishop’s Banter is a fast-paced, no-fluff podcast for people who keep the world’s production lines turning. Hosted by Ari Novikoff, "The Bishop of Backup", with 30 years of OT-focused business-continuity and disaster-recovery (BCDR) experience, each short (15 minutes or less) episode dissects the real-world costs of downtime, ransomware, and recovery gaps hidden inside operational technology environments. Ari blends board-room KPIs with plant-floor war stories, translating hard numbers into step-by-step playbooks you can execute before the next shift change.Ari Novikoff, MCP, CSE
Episodes
  • Episode 6: 2030 Vision: The Reslience Roadmap and Top 10 Takeaways
    Sep 2 2025

    Our final episode of Season 1, we take a look at what we've learned, how we can continue on the Resilience Roadmap, and the top 10 lessons (takeaways) from our season.

    If you want to be a part of a peer roundtable discussion in Season 2, hit me up on LinkedIn.

    https://linkedin.com/in/anovikoff

    Chapter List:

    Chapter 1: A Year Later at Rivermount Components

    Chapter 2: What Changed - Process, People, Tech

    Chapter 3: Mini-Vignette 1: Medical Device "Steriline Instruments"

    Chapter 4: Mini-Vignette 2: Oil and Gas "DeltaFlow Midstream"

    Chapter 5: The Reslience Roadmap

    Chapter 6: Top 10 Takeaways from Season 1 and Special Offer


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    15 mins
  • Episode 5: People, Process, Panic - The Human Side of Incident Response
    Aug 18 2025

    In this episode, we explore what happens when a single wrong handle froze a weld cell at a Tier-2 auto supplier. Not malware, just a human under pressure. If you run a plant, a shift, or a P&L, this one’s for you.


    Chapter 1 - The Rivermount Components Incident

    Chapter 2 - Why Smart People Make Frantic Choices

    Chapter 3 - Incident Command That Fits a Tier-2 Plant

    Chapter 4 - Training That Sticks

    Chapter 5 - Culture Tools That Reduce Errors

    Chatper 6 - The 72-Hour Skill-Drill Challenge

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    16 mins
  • Episode 4: Compliance Countdown - Audit-Proofing OT Resilience
    Aug 11 2025

    Join us for the 4th episode as Prairie Provisions, a regional ready-meal producer gets a surprise visit from the FDA inspectors...


    Segment 1: The Surprise

    Segment 2: The Compliance Landscape

    Segment 3: Building the Evidence Engine

    Segment 4: The 10-Minute Live Drill

    Segment 5: KPI Dashboards for Auditors

    Segment 6: Take-Home and 48-Hour Action Plan

    Outtro: Next Episode Hint

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    13 mins
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