Identifying and addressing critical OT asset vulnerabilities in 24/7 industrial operations - Help Net Security

Identifying and addressing critical OT asset vulnerabilities in 24/7 industrial operations - Help Net Security

Cybersecurity is a race. A race that has for over a decade been extended to include systems that run the world’s industrial facilities, where a breach can compromise more than data.



A cyber breach at an industrial facility may enable a bad actor to move actuators that can trip a switch at a power plant to deny electricity to an entire city, manipulate valves to move highly combustible molecules in the wrong direction and cause an explosion in a petrochemical plant, or redirect wastewater to a clean water reservoir at a treatment plant.


In this race, malicious actors are largely aware of existing vulnerabilities and are constantly looking for new ones. Cybersecurity personnel in this race are also aware of the known vulnerabilities and are constantly trying to stay ahead of the game.


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