20 April 2021
What can engineers do to protect their processes and plants from cyberattack? Suzanne Gill asked for suggestions from a variety of industry specialists.
The convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), the wider connectivity of OT with external networks, and the growing number of Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices, is helping to boost the efficiency of industrial processes. It is widely acknowledged, however, that this convergence trend also comes with cybersecurity dangers.
Kirill Naboyshchikov, business development manager, Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity at Kaspersky, pointed out that, according to recent statistics, nearly 57% UK manufacturers faced a cyberattack in 2020. Last year Kaspersky ICS CERT identified a previously unknown multi-module C++ toolset used in highly targeted industrial espionage attacks dating back to 2018.
“Incidents on industrial organisations organically attract attention from the cybersecurity community as they are sophisticated and focused on sectors that are of critical value. Official organisations and initiatives such as ENISA or European Commission’s Cybersecurity Strategy highlight the importance…
