The benefits of digital transformation (DX) have driven organizations to adopt new technologies that take time to transition into the scope of security operations. Industrial organizations with substantial operational technology (OT), such as industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment, are no exception. OT environments face bigger DX challenges, however, because the technologies involved are often quite old.
Now that these legacy OT systems are connecting to IT systems, they are exposed to all manner of threats. The attack surface continues to increase, and this convergence of IT and OT brings new risks to operational environments.