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Industrial control systems cybersecurity
Detecting cyber risk and cyber attacks in an IoT world
How does cyber risk impact industrial control systems as well as all the other connected systems in an Internet of Things (IoT) world? And which organizations are likely to feel the impact? Rob Lee outlines the threats, discusses how leaders can respond, and stresses the need for speed.
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The real risk of IoT cyber attacks
The push to get more data in an IoT world has created new cyber risks. And organizations that depend on operational technology—across complex and interconnected systems, devices, and processes—must act fast to get ahead of increasing threats. According to Rob, that includes almost every organization, from pharmaceutical and device developers to manufacturers and food and beverage companies. It also includes energy and resources providers across nuclear, water, oil, gas, public utilities, and alternative energy.
What effectively happened in 2015 in Ukraine is the adversaries broke into those environments, stayed there for six-plus months learning the systems and then they just used native functionality in the systems to turn off the power.
In this episode, Rob discusses the gravity of industrial IoT and industrial control system attacks from a safety and security perspective. He also outlines an intelligence-driven approach that can help leaders learn from past attacks to prepare for potential future strikes.
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- Explore our interactive website and learn how organizations are securing the IoT in a cyber everywhere world.
- Read our perspective on managing risk in the electric power sector—one of the most frequently targeted sectors, and the first to respond to cyber threats with mandatory controls. But threats continue to evolve, reaching into industrial control systems and supply chains, and requiring even greater efforts to manage risk.
- Read more from Dragos CEO and co-founder Robert M. Lee, in
2018 Year in review: Insights to build an effective industrial cybersecurity strategy for your organization, where he discusses lessons learned from briefing boards of directors of industrial organizations, and provides insights to help leaders of industrial cybersecurity teams build the right strategy for their organizations.
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