INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONALS SAY CYBERSECURITY RISK IS AT CRITICAL LEVELS,WITH PEOPLE BEING THE BIGGEST RISK

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People remain the greatest threat to industrial control systems(ICS)and associated networks,according to a new SANS survey focused on better understanding cybersecurity risks to operational technology(OT)systems.More than half of respondents also see the cyber risks to their safe and reliable operations as high,or higher than in past years.Three hundred and forty-eight security professionals worldwide,representing IT,OT and hybrid IT-OT domains provided their thoughts in the SANS 2019 State of OT/ICS Cybersecurity Survey.Sixty-two percent of those surveyed believe people are the greatest risk to cybersecurity compromise,trailed by technology(22%)and processes and procedures(14%).”The obvious concern about the risk that people represent-whether they are malicious insiders,careless employees,or nation-state bad actors-is consistent across industries,”noted survey co-author and SANS senior analyst Barbara Filkins.