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OT Cybersecurity in 2021 and Beyond Series: Part II – Risk Management

“A focus on ORM – or operational resilience management – beyond information-centric cybersecurity is sorely needed.”

– Garner

While 2020 may be most notable for the COVID-19 pandemic, the year also saw massive shifts in technology and connectivity. First, both technology and connectivity were put to the test in a way unseen previously as nearly the entire business world moved from offices to working from home. And with it came the onslaught of cyber-attacks.

From cyber threats to the U.S. power grid and attacks targeting Australia to Garmin’s five-day outage and the SolarWinds supply chain attack, 2020 revealed the stark truth that technology adoption seems to far outpace security — especially when it comes to operational technology (OT).

Organizations can waste no time in protecting their critical operations. And to help, Mission Secure collaborated with guest authors from various perspectives to share their insights on what’s next for OT cybersecurity and what organizations need to consider as they plan their 2021 cyber-protection strategies and beyond. This series covers three key topics: the threat landscape (Part I), risk management, and protection.

In Part II, Sid Snitkin of ARC Advisory Group, the leading technology research and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure; Steve Mustard of the International Society of Automation, a non-profit professional association and standards organization; Julian Clark of Ince, an international legal and professional services firm; and Mission Secure’s Bob McAleer, discuss the evolution of OT cyber risk impacts, management, and operational resilience. Check out their responses organized by topic and see how 2021 may reframe cyber risk management for defense, critical infrastructure, and process industries.


Question: How will cyber risks impact organizations in 2021 (e.g., cyber insurance, mergers, acquisitions, regulatory penalties, etc.)?


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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The Mission Secure Blog authored by Roark Pollock. Read the original post at: https://www.missionsecure.com/blog/ot-cybersecurity-in-2021-and-beyond-series-part-ii-risk-management