Security News > 2024 > April > Geopolitical tensions escalate OT cyber attacks

How has the global geopolitical environment influenced the landscape of OT cyber attacks?

The 2024 Threat Report highlights a 19% increase in OT cyber attacks in 2023 compared to the previous year.

Ransomware has historically driven much higher compound annual growth in attacks with OT consequences.

In the past, many of us might have thought, "Oh - my OT site is not important enough to be the target of a nation-state-grade attack," and so we put limited cyber defenses in place.

How significant is the role of insider threats in OT cyber attacks, and what measures can organizations implement to mitigate this risk?

The most common such example is unidirectional gateway technology - hardware-enforced, engineering-grade prevention of the propogation of cyber attacks from the Internet and IT networks into OT networks, even nation-state style attacks.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/04/15/andrew-ginter-waterfall-security-ot-cyber-attacks/