Displaying items by tag: Operational technology

GUEST OPINION: Battered and bruised from the harsh realities of COVID lockdowns, Australian businesses are looking forward to what they hope will be a much better year ahead.

COMPANY NEWS: Siemens and Zscaler, the leader in cloud security, are partnering to enable customers to securely access operational technology (OT) systems and applications in the production network from the workplace – whether in the office or working remote. These new capabilities enable users to remotely manage and control quality assurance or diagnoses issues.

Brisbane-based networking and security specialist RIoT Solutions has officially opened its security operations centre (SOC).

GUEST OPINION: The unprecedented events of 2020 had a profound impact on industrial enterprises worldwide, forcing companies to rapidly pivot to a distributed workforce model. This sudden shift significantly increased reliance on remote-access connections, while accelerating digital transformation and making strong, purpose-built industrial cybersecurity increasingly essential.

SECURITY SOLUTION ANNOUNCEMENT: The founder of a new Australian-based OT cyber security consultancy has warned that security managers need to do more to protect against attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure and industrial control systems.

SECURITY SOLUTION ANNOUNCEMENT: The founder of a new Australian-based OT cyber security consultancy has warned that security managers need to do more to protect against attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure and industrial control systems.

SECURITY SOLUTION ANNOUNCEMENT: The founder of a new Australian-based OT cyber security consultancy has warned that security managers need to do more to protect against attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure and industrial control systems.

A subset of data from a December 2018 survey shows that nine out of 10 companies which can be put in the operational technology sector face cyber security threats at least once in two years.