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TRENDING
KEY FINDINGS ON THE
STATE OF OPERATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY AND
CYBERSECURITY
Environments running Operational technology (OT)
are stepping up their focus on cybersecurity amid
a growing number of attacks. This emerged in
Fortinet’s recent State of Operational Technology
and Cybersecurity Report, which found about 74%
of OT organisations have experienced a malware
intrusion in the past 12 months.
T
he report found that a lack of
cybersecurity contributes to risk. A
total of 78% of the organisations
polled have only partial centralised
visibility on the cybersecurity of their OT
environments, 65% lack role-based access
control, and more than half do not use
multi-factor authentication or internal
network segmentation. Nearly two-thirds
(64%) of OT leaders say that keeping pace
with change is their biggest challenge, and
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almost half (45%) are limited by a shortage
of skilled labour.
However, OT organisations are increasing
their focus on cybersecurity, with 70%
planning to roll OT cybersecurity under
the CISO in the next year, and 62% of
cybersecurity budgets being increased.
“OT is vital to public safety and economic
well-being, controlling the equipment that
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IT’S IMPORTANT
FOR OT TEAMS
TO CONSIDER
HOW THIS
CONVERGENCE
AFFECTS THE
CYBERSECURITY
POSTURE
OF CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
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