At this point, I’ve written a number of times about the increasing threat to the security of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Critical Infrastructure networks. I’ve pointed to a changing threat landscape and to inherent flaws and systemic security risks within these networks that make them difficult to protect. I’ve presented a thesis that we’ve lost a decade worth of security advancement while waiting for threats to manifest, and suggested that 2017 has shown us that the nightmare scenarios we’ve discussed may be right over the horizon.
Hopefully you’ve read those articles with an open mind and taken away from them what I’ve intended – a sense of urgency, a realization that these networks must be a top priority in your security strategy, and a motivation to convince your organization to act. If you haven’t read these articles, I invite you do so today.
