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Trend Micro research reveals lack of IT-OT collaboration is holding back security projects
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 30 March
2021 – (;),
the leader in cybersecurity, today revealed that most (61%) manufacturers
have experienced cybersecurity incidents in their smart factories and are
struggling to deploy the technology needed to effectively manage cyber risk.
Trend Micro commissioned independent research specialist Vanson Bourne
to conduct an on-line survey with 500 IT and OT professionals in the United States,
Germany and Japan and found that over three-fifths (61%) of manufacturers have
experienced cyber incidents, with most (75%) of these suffering system outages
as a result. More than two-fifths (43%) said outages lasted over four days.
These
findings and more can be found in the report, “The State of Industrial
Cybersecurity: Converging IT and OT with People, Process, and Technology.”
A full copy of the report can be found at https://resources.trendmicro.com/Industrial-Cybersecurity-WP.html.
“Manufacturing
organizations around the world are doubling down on digital transformation to
drive smart factory improvements. The gap in IT and
OT cybersecurity awareness creates the imbalance between people, process and
technology, and it gives bad guys a chance to attack.” said Akihiko Omikawa, executive vice
president of IoT security for Trend Micro.
“That’s why Trend Micro has integrated IT and OT intelligence and provides a
comprehensive solution from the shop floor to the office. We’re helping put visibility
and continuous control back in the hands of smart factory owners.”
The results from all three countries showed that technology
(78%) was seen as the biggest security challenge, although people (68%) and
process (67%) were also cited as top challenges by many respondents. However,
fewer than half of the participants said they’re implementing technical
measures to improve cybersecurity.
Asset visualization (40%) and segmentation (39%) were the
least likely of cybersecurity measures to be deployed, hinting that they are
the most technically challenging for organizations to execute. Organizations
with a high degree of IT-OT collaboration were more likely to implement
technical security measures than those with less cohesion. There was a particularly
big gulf between organizations with high IT-OT collaboration verses those with
little to no IT-OT collaboration in the use of firewalls (66% verses 47%), IPS (62% verses 46%) and network
segmentation (54% verses 37%).
Standards and
guidelines were cited as the top driver for enhanced collaboration in the
United States (64%), Germany (58%) and Japan (57%). The National Institute of
Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cyber Security Framework and ISO27001 (ISMS)
were among the most popular guidelines.
The most
common organizational change cited by manufacturers in all three countries was
appointing a factory Chief Security Officer (CSO).
Trend Micro
recommends a three-step technical approach to securing smart factories and
keeping their operations running:
1)
Prevention by reducing intrusion risks at data exchange points like the
network and DMZ. These risks could include USB storage devices, laptops brought
into a factory by third parties, and IoT gateways.
2)
Detection by spotting anomalous network behavior like Command & Control
(C&C) communication and multiple log-in failures. The earlier the
detection, the sooner attacks can be stopped with minimal impact on the
organization.
3)
Persistence
is crucial to protect
smart factories from any threat that has evaded prevention and detection
stages. Trend Micro TXOne Network’s industrial network and endpoint security
solutions are purpose-built for OT environments. They work at a wide range of
temperatures and are easy to use with minimal performance impact.
To find out more about Trend
Micro’s security solutions for smart factories, please visit trendmicro.com/en_hk/business/solutions/iot/smart-factory.html.
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