Our white paper underscores the significance of cybersecurity in OT environments, particularly in the context of digitalization and the convergence of IT/OT. It also emphasizes the need for a collaborative effort across both public and private sectors to achieve cyber resilience.
While digitalization and connectivity offer significant business opportunities, they also expose organizations to cyber threats.
Responsibility of OT Engineers and Operators: Ensure accountability for cybersecurity among those operating and engineering OT systems.
Enforcement of Cybersecurity Standards and Best Practices: Enforce cybersecurity standards and practices contractually on partners and vendors.
Preparedness through Joint Tabletop Exercises: Conduct exercises to ensure readiness for potential cyber incidents.
The white paper also offers strategies for effectively implementing these principles, such as identifying and classifying assets, creating inventories of critical assets, detecting vulnerabilities, and establishing robust cybersecurity strategies.
OT is becoming smart and connected, with the benefits, it brings cyber threats must be addressed.
The imperative for robust cybersecurity is paramount.
This sector demands a holistic approach to security, one that encompasses the entire industry.
We can safeguard the integral processes and infrastructures that are vital to the functioning of OT, ensuring both efficiency and resilience against evolving cyber threats.
The paper stresses the need for skilled talent and proper governance measures to manage cybersecurity risks associated with these technologies.
Check Point introduced Quantum IoT Protect for manufacturers to help them implement security-by-design methodology for their devices and to help them comply with new cybersecurity standards for vendors and manufacturers, in three steps: Assessment, Hardening, and Monitoring.
Assessment: To ensure that OT and IoT devices do not pose risks to the users, we offer a cloud service that scans firmware of devices and provide full security posture on weaknesses and vulnerabilities inside devices.
This is a revolutionary on-device runtime protection with built-in firmware security that defends against the most sophisticated cyberattacks.
In this digital era, businesses must earnestly consider adopting seamless and automated security measures to combat the escalating connectivity of industrial systems posing an increased threat to ICS and OT networks, ultimately minimizing the risk of downtime.
At Check Point, we not only advocate for robust cybersecurity but also exemplify it in our solutions, ensuring the effective protection of ICS and OT networks without compromising service uptime.
Addressing these critical needs, Check Point's ICS Security solution and newly introduced Quantum Rugged 1595R security gateways combine network segmentation, automated security protocols, and advanced threat intelligence to fortify critical infrastructure.
Check Point's ICS security solution boasts a formidable 99.7% catch rate for Gen-V cyberattacks and provides full visibility of connected assets within a unified Infinity cybersecurity architecture.
Tailored for challenging environments, this security gateway enhances the Quantum Rugged series by delivering proven integrated AI security, high-speed secure 5G connectivity, and other advanced features.
By following these five guiding principles, we believe manufacturing and industrial organizations can secure their operations and build cyber resiliency, in the face of evolving digital landscapes.
This Cyber News was published on blog.checkpoint.com. Publication date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:43:05 +0000