Solving Cyber Challenges

Lack of Visibility
Digital manufacturing and IIoT strategies are increasing the exposure of SCADA and industrial control systems exponentially. These systems have historically been siloed from IT, making it difficult to even know what assets exist and impossible to clearly identify security risks in the environment. IT/OT discovery and dependency mapping can provide ongoing visibility into the assets, applications and systems within OT environments. 

Internal Risks
After gaining visibility of the assets and dependencies of the collective IT/OT estate, manufacturers need to evaluate security controls, processes and risks against company and industry standards, regulations and best practices. This can be accomplished with a go-forward strategy that documents, prioritizes and remediates cyber deficiencies.

Third Parties
Third-party vendors are becoming increasingly necessary as manufacturers digitize production lines and supply chains. Cyber attackers know that one of the easiest ways to infiltrate a manufacturing estate is by first gaining access to a third party. Third-party and external surface mapping can alert manufacturers to compromised vendors as well as weaknesses in existing security architectures that pose a risk of external attacks. 

Process Change
Manufacturing processes have traditionally focused more on safety and quality than guarding against a security breach. But cyberattacks today pose as great a risk to worker safety as oversights on the plant floor. By adopting cyber safety as a core business principle, manufacturers can bake cybersecurity into processes across the organization.