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Operational Technology (OT) is fundamental to the success of the manufacturing sector, with systems that are becoming increasingly automated, intricate, and interconnected.
In 2020 alone, ransomware attacks against manufacturing tripled, just one of the many methods of cyber attacks facing operational technology in the sector today. Mitigating these attacks was already an unfamiliar challenge for many organisations, but this has worsened in a time of increased disruption and uncertainty. The resiliency of manufacturing supply chains in particular will be critical for cybersecurity success at this time. With this in mind, if organisations cannot see what is happening and respond quickly, they will not be resilient.
As the manufacturing sector represents almost a third of the Irish economy, the increase in cyber attacks is extremely concerning, with the four largest industries at risk including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computers, and food production. The importance of manufacturing in Ireland has shown no signs of slowing down, with reports indicating production has increased by 26% in the past year.
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In this recorded session, Renaissance and our panel of security experts discuss cybersecurity for operational technology in the manufacturing sector, covering best practice advice and real examples from the field.
Together with our partners, we provide the expertise and solutions needed to develop a sustainable and resilient cyber security strategy for manufacturing.
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53% of manufacturers have concerns about their OT security
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The Renaissance Ireland OT Forum provides best practice advice and the latest insights into:
Regional Sales Director - UK & Ireland, Armis
With over 19 years of industry experience solving and addressing customer IT and cyber security problems including Dell Computers, Websense, Crossbeam, Ping Identity, and Agari. Jonathan leads the team responsible for the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
Curtis Simpson
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Armis
Curtis guides and advances the Armis enterprise vision, ensures the protection of the company’s information assets, and serves as a vital resource to his counterparts at Armis customers and throughout the technology sector.
Curtis brings more than 15 years of diversified information technology experience, with direct information security and management experience in positions of increasing responsibility at Sysco, a Fortune 50 corporation. As vice president and global CISO at Sysco, Curtis directed a portfolio of cost effective, business-focused security programs responsible for reducing security risks faced by a global organisation.
Gearóid Cox
Director, Oleson
Gearóid has dedicated his career to implementing lasting change in manufacturing automation. Working for software system developers, market leader automation manufacturers, and trusted system integrators. Gearóid has led teams on internationals automation efforts in the life sciences and food and beverage industries.
Gain valuable insights into what you need for your OT environment.
Core to the Armis Platform is the Device Knowledgebase.
It is a giant crowd-sourced, cloud-based, device behaviour knowledgebase, the largest in the world, tracking over one billion devices - and growing.
Each profile includes unique device information, such as how often each device communicates with others, over what protocols, how much data is typically transmitted, whether the device is stationary, what software runs and more. The Armis platform even records a history of everything each device does.
The protection of OT systems is a specialised task. It requires different knowledge than that of a typical IT Cybersecurity team.
In this blog, we discuss the increasing cyber threats and methods of attack that have been facing OT infrastructures in recent times.
Read now to learn how Oleson is expertly placed to deliver the specialist skillset needed to secure OT infrastructures in organisations of all sizes.
Renaissance OT Cybersecurity Posture 2020 Survey Results
In September 2020, Renaissance published a series of multiple choice, high level questions designed to probe organisation’s OT cyber security posture. The survey results demonstrate there is still work to be done across all industry sectors.
Keeping Operational Technology Safe & Secure
We work with our partners to deliver solutions and services to make your clients and customers IT environments more secure and compliant and future proof these solutions by tailoring these to suit their needs and requirements. Renaissance and our suite of security vendors and partners are ideally placed to work with industrial organisations to help analyse current security systems, design a way to improve them, and deliver the improvements over time. Starting with the most critical systems and vulnerabilities. Learn more.
Armis was formed to help organizations discover and secure managed, unmanaged, and IoT devices, including medical devices and industrial control systems (ICS). With almost 400 employees globally, we’re building a future that helps our customers and partners to quickly implement their digital transformation strategies and safely adopt new connected devices. Our mission is clear. To enable enterprises to adopt new connected devices without fear of compromise by a cyber attack. Learn more.
Oleson is a technology strategy & transformation practice. Oleson’s team are uniquely focused on IT/OT systems in manufacturing operations with a particular strength in regulated life sciences manufacturing. Every organisation is already likely to have control systems and applications vendors. Oleson’s strength is in taking a full system view and understanding the complex relationships between technology platforms (IT/OT) and the various stakeholders across the business and operations teams. Learn more.
