Cybersecurity for Industrial Controls and Operational Technology Environments | Security Fabric
Summary
TLDRDigital 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
- π Digital transformation is altering the operations of industrial organizations through greater data sharing and improved productivity.
- π As operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks converge, the reliance on implicit trust in industrial network connectivity is shifting.
- π‘οΈ The evolving connectivity expands the attack surface for organizations, exposing industrial controllers that were not designed with built-in security.
- π¨ Cyber attacks on industrial controllers can have severe consequences, including system crashes that halt production and result in significant financial losses.
- π Examples of severe impacts include manufacturing floor outages, oil rig cybersecurity outages that threaten human safety and infrastructure, and environmental harm from oil spills.
- π Transportation companies with large fleets are also at risk, where outages can lead to weeks of downtime and substantial financial losses.
- π Securing connected OT environments is complex, but solutions like Fortinet's security fabric can help manage this complexity while ensuring data security.
- π Fortinet's solutions support digital transformation by securing data, enabling remote access, and protecting converged IT/OT networks.
- π οΈ Fortinet offers ruggedized equipment designed to withstand harsh climates for industrial environments like oil rigs, electrical substations, and warehouses.
- π Fortinet's zero trust products facilitate secure remote access for authorized users, leveraging VPN, multi-factor authentication, and network access control.
- π€ The convergence of IT and OT, while challenging, presents opportunities for unified security operations, including SIM and SOAR capabilities.
- π‘οΈ 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
π οΈ 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.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Digital Transformation
π‘Industrial Network Connectivity
π‘Attack Surface
π‘Operational Technology (OT)
π‘Cybersecurity Outages
π‘Fortinet Security Fabric
π‘Zero Trust
π‘SD-WAN
π‘5G
π‘Unified Security Operations Center
π‘FortiGuard
π‘SIEM and SOAR
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
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