Securing Industrial Operations: OT Cybersecurity Strategies for the Digital Era

Industrial Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity at the core of industrial digitalization

Industrial organizations are looking to digitalization to transform operations – and trying to secure the digital controls and data flows that are key to this transformation. Learn how organizations can protect operational technology (OT) environments with insights from Eaton and S&P Global.

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As digital transformation accelerates, organizations must secure increasingly interconnected environments while maintaining uptime, safety, and compliance. This white paper explores the evolving cybersecurity landscape for industrial operational technology (OT) and provides recommendations based on research conducted by S&P Global.

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Key insights

OT security is distinct: Unlike IT, OT environments prioritize uptime and safety, requiring tailored security strategies.
Expanding attack surface: Integration of IT and OT, IIoT devices, and third-party access increases exposure.
Hybrid security models: Combining cloud and on-premise security enables scalability and control.
AI and automation in threat detection: Emerging technologies are both a threat and a defense mechanism.

Additional highlights:

The most likely cybersecurity adversaries for industrial enterprises
The most commonly deployed security measures in IoT/OT environments in industrial operations
The end of “security by obscurity"

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Cybersecurity at the core of industrial digitalization

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