Operational technology (OT) networks are a primary means of profit for manufacturers of a variety of products, from everyday household items to semiconductors and industrial-scale fabrications. Yet, ...

Purpose-built IoT and OT devices that are network-connected and disallow the installation of endpoint security software can be easily compromised and used for a wide variety of malicious purposes. One ...

An IT/OT network assessment compiles a full inventory of connected assets, maps communication paths, and pinpoints performance and cybersecurity gaps within a manufacturing facility’s OT network. This ...

A document written by the Australian Cyber Security Centre and supported by the NSA and security agencies in the UK, Germany, Korea and elsewhere, outlines six principles for securing OT systems. To ...

S4x23 — Miami — As IT and operational technology (OT) network lines continue to blur in the rapidly digitalized industrial sector, new vulnerabilities and threats imperil conventional OT security ...

Traditional attempts to merge IT/OT threat detection, network segmentation, and secure remote access are impractical in today’s world, Cisco exec says. Cisco has plans to deliver the same network and ...

Ethernet-based OT (operations technology) networks are commonplace today, but switch selection and network topology design continue to be an afterthought in many cases. In the past, TCP/IP-based ...

When companies increase IT/OT integration, they can simplify operations, boost security and streamline decision making, according to Cisco’s industrial networking research. Cybersecurity issues are ...