Resources for IT/OT Convergence

White Paper: OT/IT Convergence by Data

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In the past few years, the convergence of OT and IT has moved from curiosity to necessity in just about every industrial sector. Demands for improved efficiency brought on by the possibilities of Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 are compelling management to find better ways to extract value from OT data.

Webinar: OT Network Security Challenges in Enterprise Environments

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The Ukraine Russian conflict has sadly and tragically highlighted the importance and criticality of our OT, IT and IoT environments.

Webinar: How to Accelerate OT Cyber Security With a Technology-Enabled Vulnerability Assessment

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In this webinar, Verve Industrial will share an approach to vulnerability assessments that provide deep, accurate risk perspectives and the ability to immediately move from assessment to remediation, accelerating the time to security.

Report: Cybersecurity Best Practices Helped OT Organizations Better Withstand Pandemic Vulnerabilities

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A new report from Fortinet focused on operational technology found that insider breaches increased by over 100% in the past year and that industrial organizations continue to grapple with immense security challenges. The full 2021 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity report is available for download.

Automation 2021: OT/ICS Cybersecurity

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Operational technology (OT) systems are very different from the automation networks of 10 years ago, and while the many IT systems and IIoT devices bring huge benefits to critical infrastructure and industrial organizations, they also bring new cybersecurity challenges.

Webinar: Best Practices to Deploy Zero Trust With AI-driven Threat Detection for IT/OT Networks

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In this webinar, we will explore current security and operational challenges faced by asset owners and operators as IT/OT networks converge.

Targeted ICS Ransomware in Manufacturing: Be Prepared

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This webinar, by leaders in OT cybersecurity, provides an in-depth exploration of the threat landscape for industrial / OT automation in manufacturing. Join us to understand today's and tomorrow's threats and to explore robust, practical responses to this evolving threat environment.

URGENT11 and CDPwn - One Year Later: Unpatched, Unprepared, Unprotected

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Join Ben Seri, VP of Research, and Chris Dobrec, VP, Product Marketing at Armis, as they share new information and levels of exposure, demonstrate how these devices can be exploited, and how you can mitigate risk for your organization.

Information Technology and Operations Technology: Beyond Convergence

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The whitepaper outlines why organizations need to move beyond IT/OT convergence to ensure full integration—for enterprise security.

Webinar: From the Office to the Field--Cybersecurity Effectiveness for IT and OT

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Industrial organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their plants–and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly being connected to the internet. The cybersecurity implications of this trend are substantial, including possible threats to physical safety, and in some cases, national security.

2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report

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Dragos presents an investigation into the financial impact of cyber incidents involving OT assets and provides important estimation of potential future OT cyber breach losses.

Automation.com Monthly June/July 2025

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Welcome to the latest issue of the International Society of Automation’s digital magazine, Automation.com Monthly. The focus of this issue is IIoT & Digital Transformation.

White Paper: OT Security Insights 2024

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A proactive, adaptive approach to OT security is critical to safeguarding against the growing complexity of cyberthreats targeting critical infrastructure systems.

AUTOMATION 2024: 1st Annual OT Cybersecurity Trends Report

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This first annual OT Cybersecurity Trends issue from Automation.com provides a window into the challenges to and available resources for industrial control and automation system cybersecurity.

White Paper: IIoT System Implementation and Certification Based on ISA/IEC 62443 Standards

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This report explores the use of the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) that include cloud-based functionality (i.e., industrial internet of things (IIoT)).

White Paper: Wireless Deployment Challenges in Construction - A 5G Strategy

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This whitepaper explores deploying wireless communication networks within construction projects and introduces a comparison approach to assess deployment difficulty at each project phase.

White Paper: Zscaler ThreatLabz 2023 Enterprise IoT and OT Threat Report

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As IoT devices become more common in industrial and enterprise settings, the risk from IoT-specific malware is increasing dramatically. Cybersecurity leader Zscaler has released a research report that tracks these risks and highlights trends in the IoT malware landscape.

AUTOMATION 2023: Cybersecurity & Connectivity (September)

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This September issue of AUTOMATION 2023 covers topics including visibility at scale, enforcing ISA/IEC62443 zones and other tips for securing OT and IIoT networks.

White Paper: For MQTT Smarter Is Better

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With increasing interest in connecting OT (operations technology) to IT, MQTT has been called upon to connect not only sensors and actuators in the field but also edge devices, SCADA systems, IoT gateways and more.

Webinar: Engineering Solutions for OT Cybersecurity

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In this webinar, we dig into engineering solutions to industrial control system cyber risk, especially the emerging field of network engineering: designing networks to eliminate entirely the most important classes of cyber-attacks.