One of the easiest ways to slow down an OT cybersecurity improvement is to get stuck deciding who owns it. I saw this with a food manufacturer that needed to introduce separation between its IT and OT networks. Everyone agreed a firewall was needed. What stalled progress was ownership. Engineering wanted authority over connectivity to…
Cascading Supply Chain Attack In recent years, supply chain attacks have become one of the most significant threats to cybersecurity. Hackers are using these attacks to gain unauthorized access to systems and data, which can cause a cascade of events that can be devastating to an organization. This article will discuss the cascading supply chain…
How to shut down a plant remotely in 3 seconds. 3…2…1… and boom! In my hand, I have a remote trigger that can fry the motherboard of any workstation, laptop, server, router, switch, monitor, IP phone, cell phone, firewall, etc. from up to 100 meters away. We can also schedule a date and time when…
Vulnerability Assessment : Active Scanning vs. Passive Scanning For quite some time, OT engineers and asset owners were horrified by the sound of the “active scan” and quite frankly, they were partially right. No one would dare to scan an OT network the way IT network scans were performed. An active scan could shut down…