OT cybersecurity faces mounting pressure from high-impact vulnerabilities targeting critical infrastructure including water utilities, refrigeration systems, and healthcare facilities. The article traces IT/OT convergence over the past 15 to 20 years, explaining why simply disconnecting industrial networks is impractical despite legitimate security concerns.
Background
The convergence of IT and OT networks has created unprecedented visibility into industrial control systems, exposing historically air-gapped environments to cyber threats since the mid-2000s.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Nov 9, 2026 at 08:22 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10