Reducing Risk in a Converging IT/OT World
By Mark Carrigan, Chief Operating Officer & Global Sales Leader

Industrie 4.0 and the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) require increased access to the Operational Technology (OT) that propels production. Twenty to thirty years ago, assets were proprietary, different for every vendor, and offered limited connectivity to third party systems. Over time, owner-operators demanded more openness and access to these proprietary systems. As a result, vendors are using more... Read more

By Mark Carrigan Cybersecurity, IIOT, OT, IT, 4.0, Convergence, Industrie 0 Comments
cybersecurity, CISO, OT, ICS

Protecting OT from Cyber Threats: A CISO Perspective
By Jason Haward-Grau, CISO

Traditional industrial control systems (ICS) tend to be “insecure by legacy / design” which presents great challenges to secure. To add insult to injury, it is also proprietary, highly bespoke, and often managed by third-party vendors. As practitioners of cybersecurity, “one of everything” resonates. IT focuses on CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) which is counterintuitive in ICS... Read more

By Jason Haward-Grau 0 Comments

OT Cybersecurity Experts Share Best Practices in 4-Part eBook and Webinar Series
By Eddie Habibi, Founder and CEO

Digitalization and Industrie 4.0 initiatives require tight integration between the complex, heterogeneous, and highly complex Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and the enterprise IT. However, the very components that enable digitalization—sensors, connectivity and smart applications—also increase risk. Digitalization enhances efficiency, improves safety, and optimizes production, but it also creates more... Read more

By Eddie Habibi 4 Comments

Codifying the Process: Outsiders Gain Insider Advantage
By David Zahn, CMO, GM of Cyber Security Business Unit

I was at Black Hat 2017 last week and was impressed with the Industroyer /Crashoverride: Zero Things Cool About a Threat Targeting the Power Grid  presentation by ESET and Dragos Security. The teams outlined well how the attack was executed. One of the big takeaways was that attackers did not exploit a vulnerability or zero day to bring down Ukrainian power. Robert Lee from Dragos Security put it well when he said that... Read more

By David Zahn Security, Power, malware, vulnerability 0 Comments

Fixing Your Nuisance Alarms Just Got a LOT Easier
By Bill Hollifield, Principal Consultant

The most popular alarm management presentation we have ever done has been the one on fixing “Bad Actor” alarms. I like it because I get to refer to some of my favorite schlocky sci-fi movies – and it turns out that lots of engineers like those as well!   Nuisance alarm reduction is an important step. We recommend it at the beginning of an alarm improvement effort because it is easy, fast, cheap, and... Read more

By Bill Hollifield Management, Alarm, actor, bad, nuisance 0 Comments
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