Industrial organizations don’t lose sleep over “cyber maturity scores.” They lose sleep over unplanned downtime, safety risk, product quality issues, regulatory exposure, and the …
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Passive Monitoring vs Active Monitoring Techniques in OT Environments (ICS/SCADA): What to Use, When, and Why
byOperational Technology (OT) environments—think industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA, distributed control systems (DCS), PLC networks, and safety instrumented systems (SIS)—run …
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OT Information Security Program Lifecycle: A High‑Level Overview of How to Implement, Operate, Monitor, Review, Maintain, and Improve OT Security
byAn effective OT information security program is not a one-time project or a collection of tools. It’s a closed-loop lifecycle that continuously: In OT, …
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If you’re trying to secure Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS), these three references answer three different questions: Best …
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Jump Host vs Bastion Host: What’s the Difference, When to Use Each, and How to Design Secure Access (IT + OT)
byA bastion host is a hardened, tightly controlled entry point placed at a network boundary (often in a DMZ) to provide controlled administrative access …
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To audit OT security against IEC 62443, first define the System Under Consideration (SUC) and partition it into zones and conduits. Then select …
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An OT security risk assessment translates technical findings (assets, exposures, vulnerabilities, and threat scenarios) into business outcomes such as safety risk, …
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Secure remote access for OT vendors is best implemented by terminating all vendor connectivity in an OT DMZ and brokering access through …
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Supplier risk is often the biggest OT threat because suppliers—OEMs, integrators, MSPs, and vendors—frequently need privileged, remote, and recurring access to critical …
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Patching is not always the answer in OT security because many industrial systems have uptime constraints, vendor certification requirements, fragile dependencies, …