Cyberattacks have recently halted or impacted business critical operations in many different industries including critical infrastructure sectors such as energy, manufacturing, defense, utilities, and logistics. These attacks have increasingly targeted cyber-physical systems (CPS), and Gartner provides recommendations for initial steps to secure these systems.
Gartner states that, “Business-led Internet of Things or converged OT-IT projects have largely underestimated or ignored security and safety risks. Security and risk management leaders must go beyond data security by embracing cyber-physical system security efforts, or they will soon be overwhelmed by new threats.”
Gartner recommends, “CPS security needs to focus on safety, reliability, resilience, adaptability and privacy (and in some sectors, such as defense, survivability)” and some of the areas security and risk management leaders should focus on includes:
