New risks, new requirements: 5 OT security tips for management<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
Cybersecurity has become a strategic topic in the energy and utilities sector. In recent years, many organisations have significantly strengthened their IT security. But as digitalisation increasingly reaches production and operations, more are discovering an area where the overall picture is often less clear.<\/p>\n
That area is OT \u2014 Operational Technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n OT covers the systems that control physical operations: production facilities, pumping stations, substations and control systems. This is where software meets physical infrastructure \u2014 and where the consequences of a security breach are not limited to data loss, but may include operational disruption or impacts on critical infrastructure. For management, this raises a key question:<\/p>\n How do you get started with OT security in a way that creates real business value?<\/strong><\/p>\n The following five recommendations are based on the experience and advice of Mj\u00f8lner\u2019s domain experts in energy and utilities, Jakob Hviid<\/a> and Andr\u00e9 Bryde Alnor<\/a>, as well as our partner J\u00f8rgen Hartig<\/a> from SecuriOT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n One of the biggest challenges in OT security is organisational.<\/p>\n In many organisations, the issue quickly ends up being passed around between departments: production points to IT, and IT points back to production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201dThe new troublemaker in the classroom is called OT cybersecurity – but it can be difficult to determine who should actually take the lead,\u201d<\/p>\n1. Assign clear ownership<\/h2>\n
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