OT Security Blog Articles
Insights on Resilience, Vulnerability Management, and More
Compound OT security gains
Guess what, the biggest problem in OT security isn’t the ever changing threat landscape. It’s the inefficiency of popular OT security strategies and processes. Why inefficient? Simply because they don’t pay any long-term dividends. Your OT threat detection efforts...
OT Asset Management in 2024: A product category in its own right
Back in 2017 when we launched the OTbase software product, we were wondering how to label it. The initial idea was to call it an “OT management system”. That seemed to resonate with nobody. We then switched to “OT asset management software”, which was a little more...
Transform OT User Access Control: A Deep Dive into OTbase Inventory’s Capabilities
With OTbase Inventory, organizations have a comprehensive tool for managing user access in a nuanced and effective manner. It’s not just about limiting access; it’s about optimizing it for operational efficiency.
Mastering the Intricacies of OT Network Topology: A Guide to Simplifying Complexity
With tools like OTbase Inventory, the management of network topology in OT has reached a new level of sophistication. It’s not just about visualizing networks; it’s about gaining actionable insights for effective management.
Why tracking OT Asset Health is even more important than network anomaly detection
In the evolving landscape of Operational Technology (OT), asset management has transitioned from being an operational necessity to a strategic advantage.
The OT cyber risk they didn’t tell you about
When you have spent some time in operations technology in the last decade, it is practically impossible that you hadn’t been informed about cyber risk: The risk of falling victim to evil hackers who have no problem messing up your vulnerable-ridden OT infrastructure...
Struggling to Find Your OT Assets? Speed Up Your Search with OTbase Quick Search
In our previous blog post, we explored how OTbase Asset Management Software helps you match CVE data to your devices. Today, we're diving into another powerful feature of OTbase Asset Inventory: Quick Search. As demonstrated in this video tutorial, Quick Search is the...
Thinking outside of the box: Mastering OT security is not about defending against threats
Fact is that oftentimes the chances that an asset owner’s investment in ICS Detection technology and related services easily exceeds the damage that could reasonably be expected from a cyber-physical attack.
Mastering CVE Matching for OT assets
In the world of Operational Technology (OT), we find several orders of magnitudes more vulnerabilities than in IT. Therefore, vulnerability identification and management becomes a much more challenging task that requires a dedicated tool. Vulnerability matching is one...