Governance and compliance are crucial when it comes to OT (operational technology) cybersecurity in protecting ICS (industrial control systems) from an increasingly growing threat landscape. These developments are bringing cybersecurity forward from computers and control systems into the Internet-connected field devices. All of this means that the higher the level of sophistication involved in cyber threats, the further the governance framework evolves in countering them through strict policies, risk management, and continued monitoring.
Continuous compliance is necessary in mitigating ICS security risks by systematically finding vulnerabilities and putting necessary controls in place; this way, it ensures that security measures are executed practically. Such an approach could mitigate the risk of cyber incidents and make critical infrastructure more resilient. Thus, the association between compliance and ICS security is important in this regard because compliance mandates often set a security practices baseline.
The approach considers compliance as a fluid, dynamic process that is constantly in a state of flux with the emergence of new threats and innovative technologies…
