Cybersecurity for Industrial Controls and Operational Technology Environments | Security Fabric

Summary

Digital transformation is revolutionizing industrial operations, but it also exposes organizations to increased cyber threats. As IT and OT networks converge, vulnerabilities like unsecured industrial controllers can lead to costly system crashes and safety risks. Fortinet's security fabric offers robust solutions to secure data, enable remote access, and protect IT/OT networks. Its products provide segmentation, ruggedized equipment for harsh environments, and zero trust access controls. Fortinet's unified security operations center and industrial security services ensure comprehensive protection against OT vulnerabilities, promoting safe and secure operations.

Takeaways

• 🌐 Digital transformation is altering the operations of industrial organizations through greater data sharing and improved productivity.
• 🔗 As operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks converge, the reliance on implicit trust in industrial network connectivity is shifting.
• 🛡️ The evolving connectivity expands the attack surface for organizations, exposing industrial controllers that were not designed with built-in security.
• 🚨 Cyber attacks on industrial controllers can have severe consequences, including system crashes that halt production and result in significant financial losses.
• 🏭 Examples of severe impacts include manufacturing floor outages, oil rig cybersecurity outages that threaten human safety and infrastructure, and environmental harm from oil spills.
• 🚚 Transportation companies with large fleets are also at risk, where outages can lead to weeks of downtime and substantial financial losses.
• 🔒 Securing connected OT environments is complex, but solutions like Fortinet's security fabric can help manage this complexity while ensuring data security.
• 🌐 Fortinet's solutions support digital transformation by securing data, enabling remote access, and protecting converged IT/OT networks.
• 🛠️ Fortinet offers ruggedized equipment designed to withstand harsh climates for industrial environments like oil rigs, electrical substations, and warehouses.
• 🔑 Fortinet's zero trust products facilitate secure remote access for authorized users, leveraging VPN, multi-factor authentication, and network access control.
• 🤝 The convergence of IT and OT, while challenging, presents opportunities for unified security operations, including SIM and SOAR capabilities.
• 🛡️ Fortinet Guard's Industrial Security Service provides comprehensive security for OT environments with specific application protocol signatures and protection against known vulnerabilities.

Q & A

What is digital transformation doing to industrial organizations?

Digital transformation is changing the way industrial organizations operate by enabling greater data sharing, improved productivity, and increased connectivity.

How does the convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks impact industrial security?

The convergence of OT and IT networks expands the organization's attack surface, exposing industrial controllers that were not designed with built-in security to cyber attacks, thus increasing the risk to operations.

What are the potential consequences of a system crash on a manufacturing floor?

A system crash on a manufacturing floor can stop production for hours, potentially costing millions of dollars in ruined products.

Why are cybersecurity outages on an oil rig particularly dangerous?

Cybersecurity outages on an oil rig could jeopardize both human safety and critical infrastructure, with the potential for an oil spill that can affect a company's bottom line and cause serious environmental harm.

What kind of losses can transportation companies with large fleets face due to outages?

Transportation companies with large fleets can face weeks of downtime and losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars due to outages.

How does Fortinet's security fabric help in securing connected OT environments?

Fortinet's security fabric includes solutions that enable digital transformation while securing data, ensuring remote access, and protecting converged IT/OT networks.

What does Fortinet offer for OT environments exposed to harsh elements like oil rigs, electrical substations, and industrial warehouses?

Fortinet offers ruggedized equipment designed to withstand even the harshest climates, ensuring reliable operation in such environments.

How does Fortinet's zero trust approach benefit remote users with expertise in industrial settings?

Fortinet's zero trust products enable authorized remote users to connect securely using ZTNA VPN and multi-factor authentication, allowing them to manage distributed industrial assets from afar.

What is the role of a unified security operations center in managing IT and OT environments?

A unified security operations center allows for the management of all environments from a single point, including SIM and SOAR offerings that can ingest and respond to data from both IT and OT environments, and manage devices and policies on both sides.

How does FortiGuard's Industrial Security Service contribute to securing OT environments?

ForteGuard's Industrial Security Service helps secure OT environments with over 2,000 OT-specific application protocol signatures and protection against over 500 known OT vulnerabilities, backed by continuous threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs.

What overarching benefit does the Fortinet security fabric provide for OT and IT operations?

The Fortinet security fabric delivers comprehensive security across OT and IT, ensuring safe, available, and secure operations, providing cybersecurity everywhere it is needed.

Outlines

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🛠️ Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity Challenges

The script discusses the impact of digital transformation on industrial operations, highlighting the increased connectivity and data sharing that enhance productivity but also expand the attack surface for organizations. It emphasizes the vulnerabilities of industrial controllers that were not originally designed for broader network connectivity, now exposed to cyber threats. The consequences of system crashes in manufacturing, oil rigs, and transportation sectors are outlined, including financial losses and environmental damage. The script introduces Fortinet's security fabric as a solution to secure data, enable remote access, and protect converged IT/OT networks, including ruggedized equipment for harsh environments and zero trust products for secure remote user access. It also mentions the importance of managing IT and OT environments from a unified security operations center with SIM and SOAR capabilities, and the Fortinet Industrial Security Service that offers protection against known OT vulnerabilities.

Keywords

💡Digital Transformation

Digital transformation refers to the integration of digital technology into all areas of an organization, fundamentally changing how businesses operate and deliver value to customers. In the context of the video, it is shown as a driving force that is altering the way industrial organizations function, with a focus on greater data sharing and improved productivity.

💡Industrial Network Connectivity

Industrial network connectivity is the ability for industrial equipment and systems to connect and communicate with each other. The video highlights how this connectivity is built on implicit trust but is shifting due to the convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks, which increases the risk of cyber attacks.

💡Attack Surface

The term 'attack surface' describes the sum of all the points where unauthorized users can potentially penetrate a system. The script explains how evolving connectivity in industrial settings expands the attack surface, making systems more vulnerable to cyber threats.

💡Operational Technology (OT)

Operational technology is the hardware and software used to detect, monitor, control, and manage industrial processes. The video points out that industrial controllers, which are part of OT, were not originally designed with security in mind but are now exposed to cyber attacks due to increased connectivity.

💡Cybersecurity Outages

Cybersecurity outages are disruptions caused by cyber attacks that can lead to system failures. The video script illustrates the severe consequences of such outages in various industries, such as manufacturing, oil rigs, and transportation, emphasizing the potential for significant financial and environmental damage.

💡Fortinet Security Fabric

The Fortinet Security Fabric is a framework that provides a unified approach to security across an organization's IT infrastructure. The video describes how it includes solutions to secure data, enable remote access, and protect converged IT/OT networks, which is essential for digital transformation in industrial settings.

💡Zero Trust

Zero Trust is a security concept centered around the idea of 'never trust, always verify.' The video mentions Fortinet's zero trust products that enable authorized remote users to connect securely to industrial assets using VPN and multi-factor authentication, thus enhancing security in distributed environments.

💡SD-WAN

SD-WAN stands for Software-Defined Wide Area Network, which is a technology that provides better connectivity and security for wide area networks. The script mentions SD-WAN in the context of secure connectivity to data centers or the cloud, which is crucial for industrial environments.

💡5G

5G is the fifth generation of mobile networks, offering higher speeds and lower latency than its predecessors. The video highlights 5G as a means for secure connectivity at the industrial edge, which is important for remote monitoring and control of operations.

💡Unified Security Operations Center

A unified security operations center is a centralized platform for managing an organization's security strategy and response. The video script discusses how the convergence of IT and OT presents an opportunity to manage all environments from a single center, enhancing the ability to respond to threats across both landscapes.

💡FortiGuard

FortiGuard is Fortinet's threat intelligence service, which provides real-time updates on threats and vulnerabilities. The video script mentions FortiGuard Labs as a source of continuous threat intelligence that supports the protection of OT environments.

💡SIEM and SOAR

SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management, and SOAR stands for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response. The video script describes how these offerings can ingest and respond to data from both IT and OT environments, improving the overall security posture of industrial organizations.

Highlights

Digital transformation is altering industrial operations with increased data sharing and productivity.

Operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) convergence is expanding attack surfaces for industrial organizations.

Industrial controllers, lacking built-in security, are now exposed to cyber attacks.

System crashes can halt production, costing millions in ruined products.

Cybersecurity outages on oil rigs can jeopardize human safety and infrastructure.

An oil spill resulting from outages can harm the environment and a company's financials.

Transportation company outages can lead to significant downtime and financial losses.

Securing connected OT environments is complex but necessary.

Fortinet offers solutions for digital transformation with a focus on security.

Fortinet's security fabric enables segmentation of IT and OT environments.

Secure connectivity to data centers or the cloud is facilitated via SD-WAN and 5G.

Fortinet provides ruggedized equipment for harsh industrial environments.

Zero Trust products from Fortinet enable secure remote access for authorized users.

Fortinet's network access control protects OT networks from unauthorized third parties.

Unified security operations center from Fortinet manages IT and OT environments.

Fortinet's SIM and SOAR offerings can ingest and respond to data from both IT and OT environments.

Fortinet's Industrial Security Service secures OT with specific application protocol signatures and vulnerability protection.

Fortinet's security fabric delivers comprehensive security across OT and IT, ensuring safe and secure operations.

Transcripts

digital transformation is changing the

way industrial organizations operate

greater data sharing improved

productivity increased connectivity

industrial network connectivity built on

implicit trust shifts as operational

technology and information technology

networks converge this kind of evolving

connectivity expands the organization's

attack surface industrial controllers

that lack built-in security and were not

designed to connect to anything other

than OT networks are now becoming

exposed to cyber attacks and the risk to

operations is increasing

consider this a system crash on a

manufacturing floor can stop production

for hours and potentially cost millions

of dollars in ruined products cyber

security outages on an oil rig could

jeopardize both human safety and

critical infrastructure a resulting oil

spill not only can affect a company's

bottom line but also do serious harm to

the environment outages affecting

Transportation companies with large

fleets can result in weeks of downtime

and losses in the hundreds of thousands

of dollars securing connected OT

environments can be complex but Fortinet

can help the Fortinet security fabric

includes solutions that enable digital

transformation while securing data

ensuring remote access and protecting

converged itot networks fortinet's

network security products enable

segmentation of it and OT environments

secure connectivity to the data center

or Cloud via sd-wan and 5G at the

industrial Edge and protection for

cloud-hosted analytics for OT

environments that are exposed to the

elements such as oil rigs electrical

substations and industrial warehouses

Fortinet also offers ruggedized

equipment that is designed line to

weather even the harshest climates

fortinet's zero trust products enable

authorized remote users with expertise

far away from distributed industrial

assets to remotely connect leveraging

ztna VPN and multi-factor authentication

and Ford and Knack network access

control can protect OT networks when

authorized third parties come on site

while the convergence of it and OT

presents challenges it also offers the

opportunity to manage all environments

from a unified security operations

center this includes Sim and soar

offerings that can ingest and respond to

data coming in from it and OT

environments and the ability to manage

devices and policies on both sides of

the it and OT landscape Florida guard's

industrial Security Service helps secure

OT environments with over 2 000 OT

specific application protocol signatures

and protection against over 500 known OT

vulnerabilities backed by continuous

threat intelligence from fortiguard Labs

the Fortinet security fabric delivers

comprehensive security across OT and it

providing safe available and secure

operation

cyber security everywhere you need it