Keeping OT Going When IT Goes Dark
Join us on Wed. September 16th
10am (NYC) / 3pm (London) / 6pm (Dubai)
A consortium of governments behind the CI-Fortify initiative are advising critical infrastructures to isolate / island in cyber emergencies – separate IT entirely from OT networks – for up to 3 months at a time. And the debate starts:
CI-Fortify notes that physical separation is better than logical, but experts disagree.
Many people complain that isolation is expensive, because it defeats the cost savings that come from IT/OT integration.
CI-Fortify itself and other voices note that IT/OT dependencies are problematic, but give only IT examples. What do dependencies look like in OT?
Legal experts are saying isolation risks becoming the new “reasonable” in civil lawsuits post-breach.
And more…
This webinar reviews recent government directives, clears up the controversy, and introduces practical approaches to islanding.
We’ll evaluate islanding advice in the context of the emerging era of AI-based zero-day exploits, and we’ll review Waterfall’s new islanding operator planning and self-assessment guides, and explore tools and approaches to reduce the cost and operational impact of extended islanded operations.
NB:
This is yet another example of why and how OT security programs must be stronger than IT – critical OT functions must survive IT cyber and other emergencies.
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