This whitepaper by Tenable from September 2020 highlights that Operational Technologies (OT) are increasingly identified as targets for cyber-security threats in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIToT) ecosystem. To address the problem by aligning Information Technology (IT) and OT environments requires a coming together of different mindsets, technologies and even approaches to the business environment. C-Suite support and oversight, along with regulatory compliance requirements, will help IT and OT work in tandem at the level of security, technologies and processes.
Key words: cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), data privacy, security controls/systems