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"Key technology trends in industrial cybersecurity include the adoption of enhanced OT visibility, software-based segmentation, zero-trust remote access, and unified IT/OT security platform. Vendors are addressing these concerns with innovative solutions designed to protect industrial environments effectively.” Fabien Maisl, Marketing Lead, Industrial Security, Cisco.

Industrial cybersecurity experts weigh in on the future

Cybersecurity has become the number one issue for factory networks. Experts predict that artificial intelligence and machine learning …

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Building futureproof industrial network security

The major stages for building effective OT cybersecurity include a solid foundation with secure networking devices, deploying solutions …

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Industry 4.0 calls for highly connected sensors, actuators, gateways, and aggregators. This increased connectivity increases the risk of potential cyberattacks, making security measures more critical than ever. The creation of organizations such as the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) illustrates the importance and demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding critical infrastructures and ensuring their resilience against cyberattacks.

IEC 62443 standards: defending against infrastructure cyberattack

By putting together and adopting the IEC 62443 standard, industrial automated control system stakeholders have paved the road …

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Effective strategies for keeping IoT environments secure

IoT devices can offer flexibility and convenience. However, in order to get the most benefit out of these …

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Industrial cybersecurity requires coordination between industrial computers and cloud.

Automatic CIP Security via Pull Policy

This article explores important use cases for automatic pull policy as a new approach to delivering CIP Security …

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Cybersecurity is a never-ending task. With defined processes for continuous improvement, organizations create the preconditions for a continuous improvement cycle, including regular review and refinement of security protocols, incident response procedures, and monitoring mechanisms.

Cybersecurity basics: industrial security fundamentals

The fundamentals of industrial cybersecurity are based on key principles including confidentiality, integrity and availability. Cybersecurity often seems …

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The breadth of Operations Technology (OT) encompasses many specialized systems such as discrete and process control domains, all types of industrial controllers, physical access controls, connections to enterprise systems and the cloud -- along with distributed control, security and transportation.

IT-OT convergence drives technology innovation

Cybersecurity has become one of the primary challenges for IT/OT convergence. But the ongoing effort to integrate information …

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“With comprehensive visibility, you can restrict communications between assets by using software solutions creating security policies to segment the industrial network into smaller zones of trust as recommended by the ISA/IEC62443 security standard,” -- Andrew McPhee, Solution Architect - Industrial security, Cisco.

2023 Industrial Cybersecurity Progress Report

Industrial cybersecurity has become “Job One” for manufacturers to enable secure use of modern IT technologies in industrial …

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