OT INSIGHT – THE OT MONITORING SOLUTION

Ilya Tillekens from Hudson Cybertec looks at how to protect operational technology infrastructure from cyber threats Current threats require tank terminal organisations to be aware of security at all times. Do you know how secure your operational technology (OT) infrastructure is at this moment? Specifically of your OT network? Is your infrastructure adequately protected against cyber threats like unknown or rogue devices, (new) vulnerabilities and malware like ransomware? To protect your OT network environment, threats must be identified and acted upon as soon as they are detected. Suspicious network traffic must be analysed and measures taken before an incident occurs. This requires a 24/7 approach to monitoring OT network infrastructure, while keeping in mind the specific dependencies of your OT network infrastructure. An increasing number of tank storage organisations realise that they need to continuously monitor their critical network infrastructure so that deviations in the network traffic of critical network infrastructure can be detected. To accomplish this goal, it is essential to establish a baseline that include at least your networked assets and their associated risk...