Cybersecurity is now at the forefront of all deliberations in a digitally connected world.  Once again an entire day at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando featured cybersecurity workshops.  The Owl Cyber Defense workshop was hosted by Product Manager, Phil Won who provided guidelines to create a sustainable operational technology (OT) cybersecurity strategy.  

As we noted in a previous blog, there are many parallels between managing epidemics and cybersecurity.  Differences in the way countries have responded to and been affected by COVID-19 demonstrate the importance of being prepared with certain critical capabilities.  Relating these to cybersecurity can help identify and justify needed improvements to cybersecurity programs.  

Cybersecurity clearly has the ability to impact safety in operations, but how do we address cybersecurity in the overall scheme of safety?  This podcast brings together some of the best minds in the industry with knowledge of both safety and cybersecurity

Central control rooms are used for operating critical infrastructure, and management is taking new and special precautions to insure continued operation in the face of the threat when the coronavirus enters your Control Room.

The importance of safety formed the staple of many discussions at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando.  Alexander Horch, VP R&D, HIMA Group, spoke to ARC’s Peter Reynolds about the company’s focus on safety and Security for Risk Management. 

In case you haven’t yet registered for Thursday’s webinar, there is still time. MITRE released its new ICS ATT&CK framework for Industrial Control Systems as a community resource on the tactics and techniques of ICS threats and a common lexicon for the community.  Dragos contributed significantly to the framework with our threat intelligence on the 11 different ICS specific threats tracked.

Today, it is acknowledged that the fourth C - cybersecurity for industrial and infrastructure operations is critical, and that it covers a very broad range of technologies, services, and issues.  This was the topic discussed between ARC’s Sid Snitkin and Fortinet’s CISO, Richard (Rick) Peters

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no Hanover Fair this year. This is the first cancellation in the show’s 73-year history.

Cybersecurity Supplier Owl Cyber Defense will be holding a webinar hosted by product manager Mark Toussaint on Wednesday, April 1 at 2 PM Eastern Time.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to perform remote operations in a secure environment is crucial, especially for critical infrastructure industries, DoD, intelligence agencies, and related functions.  End users must ensure that they have a secure remote access solution in place.