Industrial operations are increasingly under threat. OT attacks have become common, widespread, and extremely frequent. These attacks are primarily IT-born, and ransomware has devastated industrial environments in the last few years. The business impacts have been immediate and significant, forcing an operational shutdown, lost revenue, and considerable remediation costs.
This situation has pushed cybersecurity to the top of the agenda for industrial operators.
Spending on OT cybersecurity is expected to grow over the next two years, but implementing the right solutions takes a lot of work. Industrial operators must overcome several obstacles, including the siloed operations of OT and IT teams and their resulting misalignment in cybersecurity decision-making and cooperation.
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