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Cybersecurity
Before launching an attack, threat actors look for publicly available information about their targets. Shodan, Censys and other OSINT tools can find OT systems exposed on the internet in seconds. Understanding what they see is the first step to reducing your own exposure.
Cybersecurity
An OT network assessment is not a vulnerability scan run on corporate IT. Different methodology, different risks, and often surprising results: here is what to expect from a properly conducted industrial assessment.
Cybersecurity
Management wants numbers. But which OT metrics communicate real risk instead of mere compliance? How to build a dashboard of KPIs and KRIs that speaks of potential downtime, not checklists.
Cybersecurity
Automotive is among the sectors most exposed to OT attacks: robotic lines with proprietary protocols, MES/ERP integration and vendor remote access create a wide, hard-to-control attack surface.
Cybersecurity
In the chemical industry a cyber incident can cause the release of hazardous substances, explosions and harm to people. Safety/security convergence is no abstraction: the Triton attack on Safety Instrumented Systems proved the last physical line of defense can be compromised.
Risk Management
The OT cybersecurity budget is often an afterthought next to IT, even when operational risk is far higher. How to build a convincing business case and measure the ROI of industrial security investments.
Cybersecurity
Italian food & beverage has a wide, poorly protected OT attack surface: dosing lines, digital HACCP systems, connected cold rooms for traceability. An OT attack here can compromise food safety and brand reputation.
Cybersecurity
Local utilities (water operators, power distributors, waste treatment plants) are NIS2-regulated entities with security resources close to zero. SCADA systems 15 to 20 years old connected to the internet, run by a single technician: how to set up OT security from this starting point.
Cybersecurity
Modern automated warehouses run complex OT networks: a WMS wired to the automation, heterogeneous PLCs from many vendors, AGVs and mixed protocols. High turnover and frequent vendor work break segmentation, and downtime hits the supply chain instantly.
Cybersecurity
IT incident response playbooks do not work in OT. Isolating a compromised system can halt production; powering off a device can cause physical damage. How to build OT IR that actually works.
Cybersecurity
PLCs with 2008 firmware, HMIs running embedded Windows XP, systems that cannot be touched by contract: the reality of Italian plants. How to manage risk when patching is not an option.
Cybersecurity
An MSSP offering OT monitoring needs more than a single-plant product: real multi-tenancy, clean SOC integration and alert handling at scale are what matter.
