Industrial Automation Security
Protecting industrial automation and control systems (IACS) from cyber threats is critical. However it is difficult to start, as the IACS and underlying networks are often complex.
Gartner predicted that by 2025, operational technology (OT) environments would be hijacked to harm or even kill humans.
“In operational environments, security and risk management leaders should be more concerned about real-world hazards to humans and the environment, rather than information theft,” Gartner senior research director Wam Voster told a New Zealand news outlet.
To safeguard, organizations are deploying IT/OT solutions to apply virtual controls to physical processes within industrial automation and control systems (IACS) surrounding manufacturing, energy, and other industries.
At IoTLab, we look at solutions from OT security vendors and see how it help secure industrial systems. As our strategic technology partner, we also built and tested the solution based on design practice & recommendations from Cisco Systems. The architecture has been deployed, tested, and validated on various customers in the world. The architecture comprises layers: Enterprise Zone, Industrial DMZ, Industrial Zone, and Safety Zone.
One of the Labs we usually demonstrate to customers is:
How Cisco ISE and Cyber Vision work together to enforce security policies in industrial networks, enabling micro segmentation and zero trust in OT environments.
Cisco ISE and Cyber Vision Demo - YouTube
Stories:
Stuxnet, Malicious computer worm
Understanding the attacks on Operational Technology by Hacking ICS like SCADA using MODBUS TCP protocol.
SCADA Hacking | Operational Technology (OT) Attacks - YouTube
