TAP Into Technology Blog: Industrial OT (3)
IT / OT Convergence: The Great Dilemma
Whilst people often refer to the utilities sector as a “Critical Infrastructure”, the transport and logistics industry should be considered equally as vital. A country’s economy demands the rapid delivery of goods to manufacturers,...
4 Reasons ICS/OT Networks Need Improved Visibility
IT and OT networks have converged, new technologies have been deployed, and resources remain constrained. Now more than ever, organizations need a strong security strategy to protect and defend their networks against adversaries. The first...
Understanding OT Frameworks & Standards for Secure Industrial Networks
In April 2021, a ransomware attack shut down the largest pipeline network in the United States. Colonial Pipeline, which supplies almost 50% of the Northeast’s energy needs, lost nearly 100 gigabytes of proprietary data. In light of the...
How Manufacturers Gain Full Visibility in OT While Adopting Industrial IoT Technologies
Etymologically speaking, the word “manufacturing” has its roots in a Latin phrase that means “making by hand.” In practical terms, when talking about manufacturing, you're talking about factories – that is, non-residential facilities that...
OT Segmentation Best Practices For a More Secure Industrial Network
In the age of the Industrial 4.0 Revolution, data is king. It’s the impetus that drives IT/OT convergence in some of our most critical industries. Smart cities like Dallas are merging IP subnet-based VLANs and utility infrastructure to...
ICS Village Series: Aggregating Distributed Industrial Networks
As ICS/OT environments get upgraded and modernized, challenges surface on deploying asset inventory and threat detection solutions within a distributed network. These include monitoring a network covering a significant geographic location...