Cyber Defense for Critical Infrastructure and Operational Technology

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Using The Defender's Advantage to protect your operational technology

Critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT) have become a growing target for cyber threat actors, given the vital assets these environments fuel to provide essential human services like energy, utilities, manufacturing, and transportation.

The Defender's Advantage provides the knowledge and strategies needed to protect these vital systems.

You have control over the landscape where you will meet your adversaries—in your own environment—this is a fundamental advantage.

Unlock your "defender's advantage" by activating this practical framework designed to enhance your security capabilities through the six critical functions of cyber defense.

The approach is tailored to meet your specific OT needs and objectives by considering the distinct characteristics that critical infrastructure and OT systems possess when building a cyber defense program to protect your high-stakes assets.

Intelligence: Take a proactive, tailored approach to understand sector-related threats and analyze OT attacker TTPs
Detect: Implement real-time monitoring and analysis, incident severity prioritization, and third-party coordination
Respond: Develop IR plans that outline processes like isolating systems and triggering physical security measures
Validate: Test systems cautiously with meticulous objective planning and a well defined scope of targets
Hunt: Apply current OT attacker intelligence to guide the hunt team's focus on the most valuable missions
Mission control: Train your workforce, prioritize collaboration between OT and IT teams, and execute continuous improvement