Security News > 2022 > July > Industrial cybersecurity leaders are making considerable headway

A zero trust security architecture is the gold standard for blocking and containing threats, but there's been heavy skepticism around the practicality of implementing zero trust in operational technology environments with the mix of legacy and modern equipment.

The survey conducted among 250 cybersecurity professionals in energy, aerospace, port operations, transportation, pipeline operations, utilities, and retail supply chain & warehousing found that 88% of OT cybersecurity leaders have already taken steps to adopt zero trust.

Notably, 58% have found a path to zero trust that doesn't require an equipment overhaul-an otherwise daunting, disruptive and costly undertaking for any industrial operation.

"Over half of the industrial sector is realizing that there are better ways forward, but that leaves the other half at risk of falling behind on implementation timelines. Continuing to close this knowledge gap over the most practical ways to implement zero trust will put infrastructure operators, and our nation's most vulnerable infrastructure, in a much better position."

100% of OT cybersecurity leaders have plans to adopt zero trust.

Tactics for accelerating implementations include integrating zero trust into organizational culture; incorporating Identify and Access Management practices or tools, while avoiding "Rip and replace" of existing networks and systems; setting a formal process to define zero trust goals; assessing weakness in existing OT security architecture.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/18/industrial-cybersecurity-leaders-making-headway/