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Metrics, Mandates and Management: Trends and Predictions for OT Security in 2024

  • by Danielle Jablanski
  • January 1, 2024
  • Feature

Let's unpack three emergent trends for industrial cybersecurity and explore three predictions for the year ahead.

How to Reduce Cloud Security Vulnerabilities in Smart Manufacturing

  • by Zac Amos
  • December 21, 2023
  • Feature

In an era when manufacturing processes increasingly rely on cloud technologies, safeguarding these systems from cyber threats is paramount.

Patti Engineering's Partnership with Arduino Enables Cost-Effective Digitalization

  • December 21, 2023
  • News

This collaboration is set to drive innovation, reduce costs and accelerate project timelines for commercial solutions in various sectors, including manufacturing and logistics.

Rockwell Automation Expanding Scope Beyond Controls & Automation: Automation Fair 2023

  • by Bill Lydon
  • December 12, 2023
  • Feature

Rockwell Automation (ROK) continues to evolve beyond the company's traditional industrial controls and automation business through acquisitions and growing service business.

MQTT and Sparkplug 3.0: The Future of Industrial OT-IT Integration

  • by Arlen Nipper
  • December 11, 2023
  • Feature

Technologists should understand why MQTT, why Sparkplug and how they work together to enable OT-IT integration. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

Role of Data Diodes in the Evolving Landscape of OT Cybersecurity

  • by Muhammad Ahmed
  • December 11, 2023
  • Feature

​In this article, we'll discuss a powerful cybersecurity control—the Data Diode—that aligns well with the fundamental cybersecurity objectives in most typical OT environments.

IFS Appoints Max Roberts as Chief Operating Officer and Belinda Finch as Chief Information Officer

  • December 5, 2023
  • News

IFS has made two senior appointments with Max Roberts and Belinda Finch joining the company’s executive leadership team as COO and CIO, respectively.

IFS Reinforces AI Capabilities Across Automation Segments with IFS Cloud November Release

  • by Renee Bassett
  • November 30, 2023
  • News

This second of its twice-yearly IFS Cloud releases for 2023 focuses on helping manufacturers leverage digital technology to build agility and operational excellence.  

Approaching the Changes in Cloud Evolution

  • by Charlie Norz
  • November 30, 2023
  • Feature

Because of the wide range of requirements from other departments, such as operations, marketing, finance and maintenance, pre-planning is the key for any IIoT application.

ARIA Cybersecurity Unveils New AI Approach to Protect Critical OT Environments from Growing Cyberthreat

  • November 29, 2023
  • News

ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions has launched a breakthrough solution for protecting operational technology (OT) environments, which stops even the most advanced and dangerous cyberattacks before they do harm.

Radiflow, Garland Technology Join Forces to Strengthen Real-time Anomaly Detection in OT Environments

  • July 3, 2024
  • News

The OT threat detection platform ingests data from network TAPs for complete visibility and protection across the entire network.

ISA Hosts Leading OT Cybersecurity Summit in London

  • June 27, 2024
  • News

Attendance more than doubled in the event’s second year.

Armexa Partners with ISA to Offer Standards-based OT Cybersecurity Training

  • June 3, 2024
  • News

Armexa has entered into a course licensing agreement with ISA to deliver its industrial cybersecurity training suite of courses to clients based in North America.

Protecting Vital OT Infrastructure: Key Strategies for OT Penetration Testing

  • by Mohannad AlRasan
  • May 31, 2024
  • Feature

Cyberwarfare adversaries, such as APT groups, target OT systems for maximum impact, exploiting their vulnerabilities.

WAGO and Radiflow Join Forces to Strengthen OT Security for Customers

  • May 31, 2024
  • News

Together, they aim to strengthen resilience against potential cyber threats and make the OT networks of critical infrastructure and industrial environments as secure as possible.

Siemens Xcelerator as a Service Expands Across Product Lifecycle with New Cloud Services

  • May 22, 2024
  • News

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced an expansion of the Siemens Xcelerator as a Service portfolio.

Ezditek and Gcore to Support AI Innovation in Saudi Arabia with Cloud Computing and Digital Infrastructure Services

  • May 16, 2024
  • News

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement aims to deliver high-capacity infrastructure within five years across nine data centers in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.

AI and Cloud Computing: An Intrinsic Link

  • by Tchule Ribeiro
  • May 10, 2024
  • Feature

The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is intrinsically linked to the scalability provided by cloud computing.

SPAN Ports and OT Continuous Monitoring: Securing Otherwise Insecure Network Traffic

  • by Moreno Carullo
  • May 10, 2024
  • Feature

Modern networking, SPAN port evolution and protocol interoperability paved the way for operational technology (OT) and ICS network monitoring and cybersecurity.

Securing Critical Infrastructure: Addressing Anticipated OT Security Challenges

  • by Kevin Kumpf
  • May 6, 2024
  • Feature

The reality is IT security strategies do not translate to the unique needs of OT, effectively leaving the full organization open to greater risks.