Risk Management November 12, 2024

6 Principles of Operational Technology Cybersecurity released by joint NSA initiative

4 min read - Today’s critical infrastructure organizations rely on operational technology (OT) to help control and manage the systems and processes required to keep critical services to the public running. However, due to the highly integrated nature of OT deployments, cybersecurity has become…

Security Services April 13, 2022

Where everything old is new again: Operational technology and ghosts of malware past

7 min read - This post was written with contributions from IBM Security X-Force’s Michael Worley. Operational technology (OT) — the networks that control industrial control system processes — face a more complex challenge than their IT counterparts when it comes to updating operating…

Incident Response December 10, 2021

IoT Security: Protecting Food and Agriculture Organizations

3 min read - Ransomware actors are targeting food and agriculture organizations, potentially disrupting business. Luckily, there are already formal structures in place to boost the IoT security defenses they need. Knowing them keeps the lifeblood of industrial farms and food delivery going. Businesses…

Threat Intelligence August 4, 2021

ITG18: Operational security errors continue to plague sizable Iranian threat group

5 min read - This blog supplements a Black Hat USA 2021 talk given August 2021.  IBM Security X-Force threat intelligence researchers continue to track the infrastructure and activity of a suspected Iranian threat group ITG18. This group’s tactics, techniques and procedures(TTPs) overlap with…