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June 23, 2021
OT Risk Management – Deceiving Your Way to IT/OT Convergence
Securing Operational Technology (OT) networks is definitely “a thing” these days. OT environments include specialized equipment (e.g. PLCs) that monitor and control production facilities such as refineries, manufacturing plants and utilities. The stakes are high with respect to potential business continuity and safety impacts if something is compromised. To be sure, it’s not that CISOs wake up and decide they need more work. Instead what’s happening is that enterprise risk management frameworks identify significant risk associated with OT cybersecurity. The IT Security team is then tasked with assessing and reducing such risk.
In parallel, recent high-visibility ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure have put OT security on everyone’s radar. The Colonial Pipeline attack has been the most visible but there are plenty more that go unreported. The US federal government has certainly taken notice, issuing the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” in May 2021. Section 7 focuses on Detection:
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