The following are excerpts from a book set to be launched Nov. 1, 2023. Much has been written about the differences between conventional IT networks and operational technology (OT) or industrial ...

Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems in a factory have always been separate entities with different objectives, systems, and technologies. With the increasing trend of ...

I recently started to think about some of the problems with industrial control system (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments. In particular, how devices within them are sometimes connected to ...

Operational technology (OT) networks are a primary means of profit for manufacturers of a variety of products, from everyday household items to semiconductors and industrial-scale fabrications. Yet, ...

Fortinet has bolstered its OT Security Platform to help customers more effectively protect industrial control systems and other operational technology networks from cyberattacks. Fortinet’s OT ...

In 2023, the cybersecurity challenges in the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) landscape reached unprecedented levels. Ransomware, increasingly prevalent through new ...

Ethernet-based OT (operations technology) networks are commonplace today, but switch selection and network topology design continue to be an afterthought in many cases. In the past, TCP/IP-based ...

Traditional attempts to merge IT/OT threat detection, network segmentation, and secure remote access are impractical in today’s world, Cisco exec says. Cisco has plans to deliver the same network and ...

Critical infrastructure needs phishing-resistant authentication to secure operational technology and prevent OT cyber attacks, says Nic Sarginson, principal product manager at Yubico. 2025 has seen ...

Survey numbers aren’t surprising, according to Gartner expert, who says CISOs should work more closely with the OT side. In May 2020, Iranian attackers attempted to alter chlorine levels in drinking ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...