Organizations Are Placing Operational Technology (OT Cybersecurity Responsibility On CISOs
HelpNet Security, Wednesday, May 31,2023
Protecting operational technology (OT) systems is now more critical than ever as more organizations connect their OT environments to the internet, according to Fortinet.
Although IT/OT convergence has many benefits, it is being hampered and handicapped by advanced and destructive cyberthreats. The spillover of these attacks is increasingly targeted at OT environments.
'Fortinet's report shows that while OT organizations have improved their overall cybersecurity posture, they also have continued opportunity for improvement. Networking and IT teams are under extraordinary pressure to adapt and become more OT-aware, and organizations are shifting to find and employ solutions that implement security across their entire IT/OT environment to reduce their overall security risk,' said John Maddison, EVP Products and CMO at Fortinet.