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Cyber Threats to Defense, Infrastructure & Industrial Operations


October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). The annual collaborative effort between government and industry aims to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and ensure all have the resource to be safe and secure.

Led by the United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), this year’s theme—Do your part. #BeCyberSmart— encourages individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their part of cyberspace, stressing personal accountability, and the importance of taking proactive steps to enhance cybersecurity. At Mission Secure, cybersecurity is what we do. In support of NCSAM 2020, we’ve put together short “Interview Bytes” to discuss cybersecurity from an operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) perspective.


 

Interview Bytes | Week 1: If you can connect it, protect it

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“When it comes to cybersecurity, a lot of these systems are inherently not built for cyber.”

Today, there are few physical or process operations that don’t leverage operational technology (OT). Physical operations controlled by digital assets (control systems or OT) permeate nearly every part of our lives. The food we eat and the medicine we take to the energy that powers our lights and the lights that manage traffic flow—all these physical operations and processes rely on critical control systems to safely and reliably function.

In the defense and federal government space, building control systems, HVAC, power generation and distribution, fuel depots, base security, or the weapons system platforms themselves, such as autonomous vehicles, ships, air vehicles, and ground vehicles, all share control systems. As more critical logistical support systems, mission operational systems, and communications systems become further automated, the risks associated with cyber threats are magnified in the field.

In this segment, Ed Suhler, VP of Defense Services, and Mark Baggett, VP of (Read more...)

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The Mission Secure Blog authored by Mission Secure. Read the original post at: https://www.missionsecure.com/blog/threats-to-critical-infrastructure-industrial-operations