When OT systems are brought into the IT security realm, there are more devices that need network connectivity and greater segmentation is required to isolate those devices. Zero-trust architectures ...

This article provides a high-level overview of key considerations for technology leaders navigating the OT/IT convergence journey. By embracing an intentional approach, organizations can unlock the ...

“We are fully converged” is a statement that security industry veteran Jeff Slotnick has famously said regarding the analog-to-IP conversion. Although a few security industry stragglers admittedly ...

The expert team at Freeform Dynamics offer news and views on the latest hot topics, and pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and meaningful research studies. Having worked in both ...

In this conversation with Dark Reading Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins, Carmine Valente, deputy CISO of New York-based electric utility Con Edison, discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of IT ...

Manufacturers are connecting IT and OT systems to unlock data, but success depends on unified architecture, stronger security ...

The convergence of IT and operational technology (OT) systems is expanding the attack surface and exposing critical infrastructure to new threats. That was the central theme of a high-level panel ...

In my previous piece, I argued that U.S. manufacturing needs AI-native cybersecurity architectures—that the old model was not designed for environments where digital compromise produces physical ...

Industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) have placed information technology (IT) and operation technology (OT) convergence at the heart of business processes, crucial to a company’s ...

One team quotes Shakespeare. The other speaks in Morse Code. Now, imagine forcing them to write a play together. Yet IT and OT organizations are being asked to work as one. Is full integration really ...

How Ethernet dominance, IT/OT convergence and industrial data fabrics are transforming industrial networks and shaping the future of manufacturing connectivity. Industrial networks are the backbone of ...

For decades, manufacturing and supply chain-based businesses have operated with two types of technology, each operating in its separate lane. Operational technology (OT) ran the plant or warehouse, ...