Plugging IT/OT vulnerabilities – part 2

The integration of systems that have traditionally run machinery as standalone, closed-in operations with the Internet has created both an opportunity and a challenge. In this second instalment of a two-part article on the impact of the increasing convergence of IT and operating technology on network security, industry experts offer their insights as to how organisations can mitigate the risks. The integration of systems that have traditionally run machinery as standalone, closed-in operations with the Internet has created both an opportunity and a challenge. In this second instalment of a two-part article on the impact of the increasing convergence of IT and operating technology on network security, Tracey Caldwell talks to industry experts about how organisations can mitigate the risks and how we need to establish new levels of collaboration and openness to drive true change.