How to Build a Defensible OT Network 1. Assessment Although vulnerability assessment and risk assessment are commonly used interchangeably, but they are two different approaches, and both are needed as part of a comprehensive security assessment. Another misconception is that security assessment is a network anomaly detection tool like Nozomi Networks, Claroty or Tenable. Any…
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How to Secure Industrial Networks Against Ransomware in 2023 Since the outbreaks of Wannacry & NotPetya ransomware attacks in 2017, we’ve been witnessing daily occurrences of attacks affecting OT networks that originated on the IT side. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) also highlighted this issue for this very simple reason. It works. Ransomware in…
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IT and OT Cultural Differences Why It’s Imperative to Bridge the IT & OT Cultural Divide We hear it all the time from security marketers and evangelists alike. “Information technology and operational technology are converging!” It’s a simplistic way of characterizing what is a highly complex web of digital transformations affecting a broad range of…
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