As the world’s largest industrial complexes undergo digitization efforts, and as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) becomes integrated into processes of oversight, management, operation and production, the number of potential threats to this new way of business also rises. We wrote about some of the reasons to increase your cyber security in our previous article.
Implementing an effective and comprehensive operational technology (OT) cybersecurity strategy is more crucial than ever before.
Most companies have long been implementing thorough IT security measures to protect their data and digital assets, but it wasn’t always the case for OT environments. With the growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the convergence of IT and OT as companies seek improved connectivity through the internet and enterprise technologies, the risk for malicious cyberattacks became increasingly pertinent in OT environments.