Using Live-Fire Simulations to Improve ICS/OT Threat Protection
Dr. Edward Amoroso of TAG Infosphere highlights the critical role of live-fire simulations in bolstering ICS/OT threat protection. Cloud Range's virtual cyber range enables IR teams to practice responding to diverse attack scenarios safely and collaboratively. This training not only enhances technical skills but also creates effective teamwork in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
Emerging Trends in Cyber Offense and Defense for ICS/OT Systems
The ICS/OT landscape is transforming to modern deployments emphasizing zero trust and external resource coordination. This evolution is driven by increased connectivity and frequent attacks. Offensive trends include supply chain attacks, advanced persistent threats, ransomware, and operational data manipulation.
Defensive measures focus on cyber range training, zero trust architecture, threat intelligence sharing, and AI/ML integration to enhance cybersecurity resilience.
Unifying IT and ICS/OT Security Ecosystems
Navigating the merger of IT and operational technology (OT) security, especially in energy and utilities, demands strategic alignment and joint planning. Cybersecurity strategies must balance IT's data focus with OT's safety priorities, respecting their operational differences and cultural nuances. This integration is crucial for safeguarding against evolving threats in unified IT and ICS/OT security.
Creating an ICS/OT Cyber Incident Response Plan
Creating an ICS/OT Cyber Incident Response Plan is crucial for safeguarding critical infrastructure. TAG Infosphere's Dave Neuman shares key strategies for integrating IT and OT systems, ensuring operational continuity, and preparing for future cyber threats.
Why Is Cyber Resilience Important in ICS/OT Environments?
Discover how cyber resilience is transforming ICS/OT security strategies. Ed Amoroso from TAG Infosphere explains the importance of resilience in protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats. The EU Cyber Resiliency Act underscores its global significance.
Analysis of a Water Treatment Plant Attack
Unlock essential insights from a recent cyberattack on a water treatment plant to enhance security for industrial control systems (ICS). Discover the vulnerabilities exploited in the attack, effective mitigations to secure critical infrastructure, and understand how the integration of IT and OT networks can both optimize operations and introduce risks.
Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: Building Resilience Against Volt Typhoon and Cyber Threats
Delve into the state-sponsored threat actor, Volt Typhoon, exploring its evolution over time. Discover effective strategies for protecting critical infrastructure and fortifying cyber defenses against Volt Typhoon's tactics.
ICS/OT Security: Insights from NIST Guide
The integration of operational technology (OT) with IT systems, fueled by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and digital transformation, elevates vulnerability to cyber threats. Prioritizing OT cybersecurity through NIST Special Publication 800-82r3 strategies is crucial for safeguarding the reliability and safety of critical infrastructure.
Anatomy of an Industrial Attack
Dive into a real-life OT cyber attack on a water treatment plant — learn how it happened, what was exploited, and how to minimize and remediate incidents affecting cyber-physical systems.
IT/OT Convergence and Cybersecurity Implications
The integration of IT and OT is revolutionizing industrial processes, enabling efficiency and innovation. However, this convergence also exposes industries to increased cyber threats due to the combination of data processing IT systems and physical process control in OT. Learn about the cybersecurity risks and strategies for these interconnected environments.
5 Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks and Key Lessons Learned from Them
Threat actors continue to target critical infrastructure in their cyber attacks. Cloud Range looks at 5 recent, high-profile critical infrastructure attacks, outlines key cybersecurity takeaways, and defines a measurable way to reduce IT and OT cyber risk.
Training SOC Teams on OT-Related Cyber Threats
TAG Cyber said they were pleased to see the recent Cloud Range announcement about live-fire simulations for security operations center (SOC) teams to deal with advanced operational technology (OT) attacks.
Is Your Security Team Prepared for an OT Cyber Attack?
Get an overview of Cloud Range’s most-attended webinar that introduced the industry's only OT cyber range for live-fire training. The discussion – including a panel of OT security leaders – covered how to be ready for today’s threats that increasingly impact or directly target industrial control systems (ICS).
Cloud Range Launches the First OT/ICS Cyber Range for Live-Fire Training to Reduce Risk from Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Cloud Range for Critical Infrastructure is the only full-service, live-fire, dynamic simulation training platform specifically developed for OT/ICS to safeguard industrial environments.
Industrial Control Systems (ICS): What Are They and How Do We Secure Them?
An industrial control system (ICS) refers to cyber-physical technologies that manage processes, such as manufacturing, production, and distribution. Like most networked devices, these cyber-physical systems require adequate security to protect them from malicious or negligent activity.
Using Cyber Simulation to Improve OT/ICS Security
Security teams need to understand not only traditional cybersecurity tactics and procedures, but also OT-specific ones. Cyber simulation exercises designed expressly for OT/ICS security help cyber defenders be more effective and reduce risk.
Accenture to Provide Cloud Range’s Groundbreaking IT/OT Cyberattack Incident Response Simulation to Critical Infrastructure Sector
Becoming a great baseball player takes a lot more than just knowing how to play the game. It also takes more than being a great hitter or a great pitcher. Similar to baseball, cyber defense is a team sport.