Fortinet a global firm in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today entered into a technology alliance with Siemens, a global industrial powerhouse specializing in digital industries from environments such as electrical power, transportation, and oil and gas.
It also announced today is the companies’ first integrated solution combining best-in-class technology and a worldwide resell agreement to address the unique security and connectivity requirements of operational technology (OT) networks.
While OT environments have traditionally been isolated from the rest of the IT network, efforts to converge IT and OT to provide more responsive and agile business outcomes have exposed OT and industrial control systems (ICS) to increased cybersecurity risk. According to the SANS 2019 OT/ICSSurvey, just over 50 percent of respondents rated the level of ICS cyber risk to their organization as “severe/critical” or “high.”
However, given the nature of many OT environments, traditional security solutions can sometimes leave gaps in the protection of the ageing or sensitive systems in place….
