When OT Becomes a Risk.

What makes industrial environments particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks?

In a video interview, Shira Rubinoff, the CEO of The Cybersphere Group, discusses the security challenges facing industrial companies with David Petrikat, the Chief Strategy and Communications Officer at AMDT.

Mid-sized manufacturers are under growing pressure. Their OT environments are often as complex as those of large enterprises, but they lack comparable security structures and processes. This makes managing vulnerabilities, dependencies, and recovery across the organization difficult.

Large industrial companies face a different challenge. As their OT environments grow, so does the number of connected assets, system dependencies, and potential entry points. An incident at one site can affect production processes and supply chains across multiple locations.

In the interview, Rubinoff and Petrikat discuss the following:

• Why established IT security frameworks cannot be applied directly to OT environments
• Which risks affect mid-sized manufacturers and large industrial organizations
• How companies should prioritize measures to protect production and support recovery

Watch the interview.