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Only 21% of organizations have achieved full maturity of their ICS/OT cybersecurity program, in which emerging threats drive priority actions and C-level executives and the board are regularly informed about the state of their OT security, a Ponemon In… Continue reading Cultural divide between IT and OT teams leaves 65% of organizations unable to secure both environments
A research study by Skybox Security found that 83% of organizations suffered an operational technology (OT) cybersecurity breach in the prior 36 months. The research also uncovered that organizations underestimate the risk of a cyberattack, with 73% of… Continue reading Most CIOs and CISOs underestimate the risk of an OT breach
What do an oil pipeline, a water treatment plant, and a railway system have in common? They each rely on operational technology (OT) environments, and they were all victims of cyber attacks that generated headlines around the world. The Colonial Pipeli… Continue reading Three OT security lessons learned from 2021’s biggest cyber incidents
In July 2021, Armis appointed Sachin Shah, an Intel veteran of over 21 years, as its new CTO for Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS). In this interview, he talks about his plans for the company, shares insight gleaned from … Continue reading Trends in the OT/ICS security space and what’s to come
Industrial control system (ICS) vulnerability disclosures are drastically increasing as high-profile cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and industrial enterprises have elevated ICS security to a mainstream issue, according to a report released by … Continue reading ICS vulnerabilities disclosed in H1 2021 rose by 41%
Concern around protecting critical national infrastructure (CNI) is growing. Following several high-profile attacks and growing tensions around state sponsored cyber activity, the threat landscape is only likely to intensify. Ransomware has especially … Continue reading Collaboration is the key to protecting critical national infrastructure
Considering that OT environments are increasingly in the crosshairs of attackers, the 14 vulnerabilities that JFrog and Forescout Research Labs recently discovered in NicheStack should make the likes of Siemens, Schneider Electric and Rockwell Automat… Continue reading 14 Flaws in NicheStack Leave PLCs, OT Controllers Vulnerable
Researchers have discovered 14 new vulnerabilities affecting the proprietary NicheStack (aka InterNiche) TCP/IP stack, used in OT devices such as the extremely popular Siemens S7 PLCs. “Other major OT device vendors, such as Emerson, Honeywell, M… Continue reading Vulnerable TCP/IP stack is used by almost 200 device vendors
Cybersecurity is a race. A race that has for over a decade been extended to include systems that run the world’s industrial facilities, where a breach can compromise more than data. A cyber breach at an industrial facility may enable a bad actor to mov… Continue reading Identifying and addressing critical OT asset vulnerabilities in 24/7 industrial operations
Over the weekend, the Alpharetta, GA based Colonial Pipeline was hit by an extensive ransomware attack that shut down its information technology (IT) and industrial operational technology (OT) systems. Simply put, an all-too-common ransomware event tar… Continue reading Industrial Cybersecurity: Guidelines for Protecting Critical Infrastructure