3 lessons from IT security for industrial cybersecurity
The benefits of industrial IoT are clear: improved productivity and energy efficiency at the same time . IIoT integration enables industrial companies to achieve greater efficiency even in the face of volatility (such as changing consumer demand and market trends) and stringent regulatory requirements . Yet given the need for speed with digital adoption, we all must take a moment to consider what could make or break any industrial enterprise: cybersecurity. As information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) converge, a much wider cyber-attack surface has opened up. What previously was protected by proprietary OT protocols and hard-wired connectivity across the factory floor is now open game to hackers trying to do their dirty work through targeted IoT endpoints — whether a smartphone, field engineer’s tablet, connected variable speed drive, or any IoT-enabled asset. Seventy-nine percent of CEOs say their digital adoption is happening faster than they can attend to securi...