Unique Threats to Operational Technology and Cyber Physical Systems
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class="float-left-small" />In this latest episode of our Eye on
Security podcast, I talk all about the world of operational
technology (OT) and cyber physical systems with one of our foremost
experts on the topic: Nathan Brubaker, Senior Manager of Analysis for
Mandiant Threat Intelligence.
Nathan kicked off our chat by explaining what exactly we mean when
we use the term ‘cyber physical.’ We then turned our attention to
related threats. As it turns out, there are far less attempts by
attackers to target these systems than one might believe. Nathan went
on to discuss some of the fundamental differences between OT and
information technology (IT) systems, and then explained how OT is
becoming more similar to IT, which makes OT systems more vulnerable to
compromise. Fortunately, even though OT security typically lags behind
that of IT systems, it’s definitely moving in the right direction.
Listen to the podcast today, and check out the following blog posts
referenced by Nathan during the episode:
href="/content/fireeye-www/en_US/blog/threat-research/2020/07/financially-motivated-actors-are-expanding-access-into-ot.html">Financially
Motivated Actors Are Expanding Access Into OT: Analysis of Kill
Lists That Include OT Processes Used With Seven Malware
Families
href="/content/fireeye-www/en_US/blog/threat-research/2020/03/monitoring-ics-cyber-operation-tools-and-software-exploit-modules.html">Monitoring
ICS Cyber Operation Tools and Software Exploit Modules To
Anticipate Future Threats
href="/content/fireeye-www/en_US/blog/threat-research/2020/02/ransomware-against-machine-learning-to-disrupt-industrial-production.html">Ransomware
Against the Machine: How Adversaries are Learning to Disrupt
Industrial Production by Targeting IT and OT
href="/content/fireeye-www/en_US/blog/threat-research/2019/12/fireeye-approach-to-operational-technology-security.html">The
FireEye Approach to Operational Technology Security
href="/content/fireeye-www/en_US/blog/threat-research/2019/04/triton-actor-ttp-profile-custom-attack-tools-detections.html">TRITON
Actor TTP Profile, Custom Attack Tools, Detections, and ATT&CK
Mapping
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