| |JULY 20218he proliferation of connected devices is well-known and documented with the potential of crossing 20 billion connected things by the time this article is written. The umbrella of connected devices is spanning across virtually all industries covering any imaginable use case. It's a bit of a surprise that enormous growth of connected devices enveloped with minimal regulation supplying users with misleading information owing to their incorrect programming.Considering the landscape for cybersecurity is turbulent, System owners are struggling to protect the systems that were never intended to be connected. In addition to this, cybersecurity is more IT-focused than Operational Technology (OT). Convergence of IT & OTNo wonder, the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) has become a business imperative. To better protect critical systems, IT and OT need to work together to harmonize processes, governance, systems and people--in fact, a robust cybersecurity program in an ICS environment must include people, process and technology. Traditionally, IT and OT have been two separate units. OT is concentrated on the automation of machines, processes and systems inside a plant, and IT focuses on the IT Continuity and operations to support the business. Uncommon business objectives, separation of system ­ physically and logically, and employees having different roles leads to different approach to and tolerance of risk for both IT and OTFurther to this the following are the pondering thoughts: (i) growing Business Demand for Real time access to operational data and enhancing industrial systems Productivity, (ii) to Enable real time Data requirement Newer OT Infrastructure are built on IT-standard technologies resulting in exposure to TMANAGING THE INFORMATION SECURITY RISKS IN THE AGE OF CONNECTED PRODUCTION SYSTEMSRavikiran possesses 20 years of rich experience in Information Technology Industry across Risk & Compliance, Managing IT Infrastructure, Application Support, Information Security, and GovernanceRavikiran S Avvaru,Head ­ ITCIO speaksBy Ravikiran S Avvaru, Head ­ IT, Apollo Tyres Ltd
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