Security News > 2020 > October > How to Seize the OT Security Opportunity and Accelerate Your Digital Transformation
A few months ago, the U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an alert stating, "We are in a state of heightened tensions and additional risk and exposure" across OT and control systems, which are critical to operations and therefore valuable for attackers.
While we've quickly pivoted to put in new solutions and processes to address a new, distributed model, what do we do next? How do we take what we've learned this year, capitalize on the change in mindset that it is possible to move fast, and apply it to seize the OT security opportunity in 2021? Here are three areas of focus to help you build on your progress.
If buy-in and budget remain an issue for your team, do a security posture assessment to evaluate the state of your OT network's security and the delta with where you need to be to mitigate risk.
Think how to extend your core security controls and your governance processes to cover OT as well without risk to productivity or downtime, and look for solutions that provide the platform approach, so you can minimize friction and accelerate implementation.
We're looking at a breakaway year for businesses, where you can seize the OT security opportunity and accelerate digital transformation into the future.