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Overcoming the Electronics Industry’s Insecurity Over Industrial IoT Deployments

October 24, 2018

In December 2017, cyberattackers used TRITON/TRISIS malware to target safety instrumented system (SIS) controllers at a critical infrastructure organization. The malware was designed specifically to interact with the controllers, potentially to damage equipment and shut down operations, according to the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell. That attack underscored the risk of implementing industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies. As their numbers grow, so does the potential for data exposure, production disruptions, reputational damage, intellectual property theft, and even injury and loss of life.

Current Industrial IoT Deployments Lack Key Security Considerations

Electronics manufacturing plants have become increasingly instrumented and connected, transforming into cyber-physical systems with the IIoT as a core cognitive component.

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