It was only a matter of time before what befell the Information Technology (IT) community was going to affect the Operational Technology (OT) community. Today, the OT C-suite is saddled with[...]
On May 10, 2018 the NIS (Network and Information System) Directive became law in the EU. In it, Operators of Essential Services (OES) and Digital Service Providers (DSPs) are required to abide by[...]
A recent SANs survey polled more than 200 security professionals from energy and utilities, oil and gas, and manufacturing organizations. Less than 5% of those in operational technology (OT) roles[...]
In December 2017 a sophisticated ICS attack known as “Triton” had been published. This attack manipulated the Triconex Safety Instrumented System (SIS) controllers which supported the safety[...]
Just recently an attack known as VPNFilter hit the news. One of the locations affected by VPNFilter was a chlorine plant known as “Aul Chlorotransfer Station” in the Dnipropetrovsk region in[...]
Modern day industrial operations often span complex IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) infrastructures. In a very standard environment, thousands of devices exist and are[...]
