May 15, 2019

Scaling cybersecurity in the age of IoT

Just as the number of connected consumer “things” is increasing, so too are industrial “things” such as pumps, valves and remote terminal units. They get integrated into standard technology platforms, and connected to the Internet in pursuit of tantalizing operational efficiencies such as predictive maintenance and smart metering. This means that the operational technology (OT) in our manufacturing plants, power grids and water treatment facilities become vulnerable to threats faced by all other networked technologies, increasing the surface area of risk available to threats from bad actors. The delivery…