Oil and Gas Industry

In the world of manufacturing, one small change or networking issue can have a significant effect – on product quality, production uptime and even plant safety. Staying on top of what is happening in your industrial control network, and responding to changes fast, is mission-critical.

However, you cannot monitor and manage what isn’t visible and documented. Do you really know what devices are on your network, and how many there are? Which ones are actively communicating and what protocols they are using? To spot and troubleshoot networking and communication issues that threaten reliability, you need real-time visibility into your assets, connections, communications, protocols and more.

Operational risk comes from multiple sources including people, processes and technology.  But external threats aren’t the only risks that keep company leaders awake at night – accidental and unintentional cyber incidents caused by employees or suppliers can impact productivity as well. 

Examples include device configuration errors, open ports, the use of weak passwords, and forgetting to remove a contractor’s access after they’ve left the organization. Given the significant risk to operations, it’s not surprising that OT leaders want to up their game by adopting cybersecurity best practices. But how do you implement a cybersecurity framework, and take cyber resiliency to the next level?