The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) of Saudi Arabia has released a set of Operational Technology Cybersecurity Controls (OTCC-1:2022) as part of its efforts to regulate and safeguard the country’s cyberspace. This initiative is aligned with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity.
The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) of Saudi Arabia has released a set of Operational Technology Cybersecurity Controls (OTCC-1:2022) as part of its efforts to regulate and safeguard the country’s cyberspace. This initiative is aligned with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity.
ATS is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with GCC Technical Services Co. aimed at providing industry-leading services in the OT/ICS cybersecurity and system integration domains.
The emergence of intelligent devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) is altering industrial control system (ICS) networks, enhancing usability, efficiency, and productivity in ICS environments while also having a substantial impact on ICS security.
What is an ICS (Industrial Control System)?
Industrial control systems (ICS) are essential components
A strong base for OT/ICS security needs real-time access of the entire hardware, software and firmware in the network, customer’s data, active accounts information, patches status, susceptibilities, network system configurations, windows updates, implanted system backplanes, the status of diverse security components such as application firewalls, whitelisting, antivirus,
Energy companies are evolving as prime targets for threat actors. The growing value of business data, the importance of fuel infrastructure, and the vulnerability of networked systems are a few primary reasons this industry is exposed to malicious hackers.
Oil and gas companies need to start investing in cyber security at the earliest. Otherwise, some of the nation’s most critical infrastructure would be left wide open to future cyber attacks.
With the rise in geopolitical rivalries and disputes, the Middle East faces nation-state-sponsored cyber attacks on infrastructures such as utilities, oil and gas, and transport hubs. Meanwhile, the advancement to cloud services and digital marketing growth is fuelling a terrifying rise in consumer data theft. Critical infrastructure must segregate and defend networks while governments must bring forward new GDPR-style data security.
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Cyber security has become a critical problem in the Middle East region and the UAE. The executives of these regions have been raising their spending on cyber security services/products/solutions to decrease security problems (e.g., Aerospace & Defense, Retail, and BFSI) and defend data from cyberpunks.
Operational technology (OT) systems, such as industrial control systems and SCADA, were overlooked by cyberpunks in the past. Robbing OT system data was challenging as it was not connected to external networks.
But that’s no longer the point.