The 7 Keys To Improving OT Security Outcomes

Organizations operating production facilities and critical infrastructure have been through a challenging few years. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the extent to which many aspects of society are highly dependent on the uninterrupted operation of industrial processes. While often unseen, these operators are crucial in ensuring that life continues as normally as possible.

As we emerge from COVID, companies in these sectors have since been dealing with an aftermath of disrupted supply chains, a push towards more digitally driven efficiency gains and the need to consider how their operations can become more sustainable.

To realize these ambitions, industrial organizations also need to pay attention to cybersecurity matters. Just as the pandemic has highlighted the pivotal role played by these firms in the economy at large, this has unfortunately also demonstrated that they are attractive targets for criminals and other actors that wish to cause disruption.

This report takes a deeper look at the cybersecurity risks affecting organizations that use operational technology (OT). We start our investigation by reviewing the current ‘state of OT security’, covering subjects such as the scale of threats faced and the consequences. We then turn to considering what can be learned from those organizations that have been successful in avoiding major problems. As part of our analysis, we identify 7 factors that are consistently linked with better industrial security outcomes – all of which should be focus areas for operators in these markets.

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