OT Security

Operational technologies (OT) are hardware and software that detects or causes a change, through the direct monitoring and/or control of industrial equipment, assets, processes and events.. You can read an introduction to OT on this post.

OT Security (OT-Sec), Industrial Control System (ICS) Security or Industrial Cybersecurity is the part of security that is focused on data processing on industrial environments.

This post is an introduction to OT-Sec.

In the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability), OT focuses on availability while IT focuses on confidentiality and integrity.

OT Security Components

Industrial Demilitarized Zone (iDMZ).

OT Security Frameworks and Standards

There are OT Security frameworks and standards, standing out ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST 800-82.

You can find a detailed list of OT security frameworks and standards on this post.

OT Security Guidelines

INCIBE, dependent from the Government of Spain, issued a guide for endpoint protection in OT environment. You can find it on this external link.

OT Security Certifications for Professionals

Find more information about OT Security Certifications for Professionals on this post.

OT Security Courses

EC-Council’s ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity

OT Security Media

You can find a list of detailed OT security media on this post.

OT Security Books

You can find a list of books about OT security on this external link.

OT Security Communities

OT Security Communities on this post.

OT Security Conventions

You can find a list of OT Security conventions on this post.

External References

Univerdad Rey Juan Carlos; “Diferencias entre ciberseguridad IT & OT (URJCx)“; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spanish)
William Malik; “Bringing Zero Trust to Industrial Control Systems“; RSA Conference
Mobile Industrial Robots; “AGV vs. AMR – What’s the Difference?“; Mobile Industrial Robots
- INCIBE; “IEC 62443: Evolución de la ISA 99“; INCIBE
- INCIBE; “IEC 62443-4-2“; INCIBE
- INCIBE; “IEC 62443-3-3“; INCIBE