Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and security
specialists examine the short-, medium- and long-term cybersecurity
landscape
BRUSSELS, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell
Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated
to industrial automation and digital transformation, today
announced the release of a new season of its thought leadership
video series that deep dives into the ever-evolving world of
industrial cybersecurity.
The 11-video season comprises interviews with IT/OT thought
leaders and chief information and security officers (CISO) from
critical-infrastructure companies, supported by senior specialists
and industry advocates from Rockwell Automation.
Covering evolving cyber threats and the challenges of addressing
stringent legislation, including NIS2, the series also uncovers the variety of
opportunities and cost/time/efficiency savings delivered by robust
holistic cybersecurity programs.
Important viewing for anyone involved in digital transformation
projects and IT/OT convergence, the interviews with security
executives include:
- The importance of teamwork (IT + OT), cultural buy-in, and
flexible strategies, with input from a business information
security officer at a leading global energy company.
- Insight into how to get board-level support for an OT
cybersecurity program from the view of a CISO of a major energy
supply firm.
- NIS2 legislation and compliance,
as seen through the eyes of an OT security leader from a leading
national fuel supply company.
- Essential strategies, best practices, and equipment evaluation,
as suggested by a CISO from another European global energy
company.
Dragos Inc., a global leader in cybersecurity for OT
environments, and a Rockwell Automation partner, features
prominently in the series:
- Ben Miller, chief information
security officer, shares his thoughts on combating the constant
threat of OT cybersecurity attacks with insights from the company's
annual OT Cybersecurity Year in Review report.
- Phil Tonkin, field chief technology officer, Dragos, and
John Speakman, cybersecurity
services team lead, EMEA north region for Rockwell Automation, team
up to discuss securing industrial operations.
"As industrial organizations become more connected than ever,
they face a range of threats, from increasingly sophisticated state
actors, to hacktivists, to criminal groups launching ransomware
attacks," Miller said. "The good news is that there are key
controls that organizations can prioritize to be more secure
against OT cyber threats, including monitoring to gain visibility
into the assets, vulnerabilities, and threats in their
environment."
Discussions with Rockwell Automation specialists include:
- Maria Else, senior global
product manager, cybersecurity, and Andreu Cuartiella,
lifecycle services commercial manager EMEA, look at the IT/OT
equation and how departments need to break down walls and work
together to audit, plan, and evolve their cybersecurity
posture.
- David Maine-Reade, program manager, standards &
regulations, and Manju Venugopal,
senior engineering manager, product security, look at what David
describes as a "tsunami of regulations" and how a good foundation
is the key to addressing complexity and variety.
- Meghna Subramani, EMEA
commercial product manager, and Ian
Murgatroyd, EMEA product manager, safety components, discuss
the close links between safety and security, and how new
regulations are evolving to cover both.
- Cesar Delgado Villalba, from Rockwell Automation
cybersecurity services, explains the different roles that OT and IT
undertake, how the threat landscape is actually very similar, and
how the outcomes are closely linked, too.
- Helena Taribó Gómez, global security operations center (SOC)
manager, and Sergio Sánchez Palma, cybersecurity team leader,
explain why visibility is key for both detection and prevention,
while also delivering an audit trail for compliance. She ends with
the sage advice that the cost of any cyber incident often far
outweighs the cost of the proactive preventative measures.
"Cybersecurity is a continually moving target," explains
Partha Seshadri, regional VP,
lifecycle services, EMEA from Rockwell Automation, "not just in
terms of new exploits and threat vectors, but also the
ever-changing standards and legislation that prescribe
preventative, proactive, and reactive procedures. Thanks to our
dedicated cybersecurity teams, PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem, and
industry-proven hardware and software platforms, we can offer fully
optimized solutions for IT/OT convergence and local, national, and
global digitalization campaigns across multiple industries and a
broad variety of critical-infrastructure applications."
To find out if your company is ready to handle a cyberattack,
you can complete our Cybersecurity Preparedness Assessment.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 29,000
problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100
countries. To learn more about how we are bringing Connected
Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit
www.rockwellautomation.com.
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