Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 32 | Page 20

INFOGRAPHIC INFOGRAPHIC Cybersecurity risk is at a critical level, according to SANS survey P ICS Cybersecurity Survey. A total of 62% of those surveyed believe people are the greatest risk to cybersecurity compromise, trailed by technology (22%) and processes and procedures (14%). INTELLIGENTCIO Equipment Suppliers Network Threats Doug Wylie, Director of SANS Industrials & Infrastructure Business Portfolio. Operational Technology Information Technology 20 A total of 348 security professionals worldwide, representing IT, OT and hybrid IT-OT domains provided their thoughts in the SANS 2019 State of O7/ “The obvious concern about the risk that people represent – whether they are malicious insiders, careless employees or nation-state bad actors – is consistent across industries,” said Barbara Filkins, SANS Senior Analyst. “We were a little surprised at the lower-ranking concern around process, given that there is significant complexity involved in ICS design, implementation and More than half of respondents also see the cyber risks to their safe and reliable operations as high or higher than in past years. eople remain the greatest threat to industrial control systems (ICS) and associated networks, according to a new SANS survey focused on better understanding cybersecurity risks to operational technology (OT) systems. www.intelligentcio.com