OT Cybersecurity
OT Hardening: A Step-by-Step Checklist for Industrial Control Systems
The phrase "security hardening" means something very different in a steel mill than it does in a corporate data center....
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OT Network Security
Passive OT IDS: What It Detects, What It Misses, and Where the Sensors Go
Passive intrusion detection is the default first monitoring control in operational technology, and for good reason. It does not sc...
OT Cybersecurity
Removable Media Security for OT: How to Control Every File Entering Your Industrial Network
Stuxnet reached the centrifuges at Natanz on a USB drive. Fifteen years later, removable media remains one of the most reliable wa...
Industrial Cybersecurity
Definition of Cyber-Physical Systems: What They Are and Why Securing Them Is Different
Every industrial facility running today is a collection of cyber-physical systems, whether or not the people operating it use that...
OT Cybersecurity
OT Cybersecurity for Chemical Plants: Protecting High-Consequence Process Environments
Chemical manufacturing sits at the top of the OT security consequence hierarchy. The industrial control systems managing continuou...
Manufacturing
Securing Food and Beverage Manufacturing: ICS Security for Continuous Production Lines
Food and beverage manufacturing sits at an unusual intersection: it combines the continuous production constraints of process indu...
OT Cybersecurity
OT Cybersecurity for Water and Wastewater Utilities: Protecting the Infrastructure Nobody Thinks About
Water and wastewater utilities do not make headlines the way power grids and pipelines do. They are not perceived as high-value ta...
OT Cybersecurity
What to Expect from an OT/ICS Risk Assessment: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
An OT/ICS risk assessment is the most common first engagement between an industrial operator and an OT security firm, and also the...
OT Cybersecurity
OT Vulnerability Management: A Risk-Based Approach That Works Around Production Schedules
Vulnerability management in IT environments follows a well-understood pattern: scan systems, receive a list of CVEs ranked by CVSS...
OT Cybersecurity
OT Patch Management: How to Patch Industrial Systems Without Stopping Production
Every IT security professional knows the rule: patch fast, patch often. Apply critical patches within 24 hours. Apply high-severit...