OT Cybersecurity in 2021 and Beyond Series: Part III – Protection

“…organizations must assume in their planning of not only a malfunctioning or inoperative control system, but a control system that is actively acting contrary to the safe and reliable operation of the process. Organizations need an OT resilience… Continue reading OT Cybersecurity in 2021 and Beyond Series: Part III – Protection

ICS Purdue Model in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) & Cloud

OT Cybersecurity teams have been working within the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture since it was created in the mid-1990s. Although not developed as a security model, by mapping the interconnections and interdependencies of the high-level… Continue reading ICS Purdue Model in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) & Cloud

Jump-Start the Cyber Insurance Market to Drive Better OT Security

Experts have been predicting for decades that the insurance industry would eventually help drive better private sector cybersecurity practices by pricing premiums based on cybersecurity risk.
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Urgent Case for Cyber-Attack Prevention (v. Detect) in OT/ICS Networks

The recent FireEye and SolarWinds Hacks are in all the headlines changing the narrative for operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS), IT, and cybersecurity teams. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent oil and gas market crash… Continue reading Urgent Case for Cyber-Attack Prevention (v. Detect) in OT/ICS Networks