Industrial cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly common and can have a significant financial and reputational impact on businesses. According to Trend Micro’s 2022 Industrial Cybersecurity report, 72% of industrial customers were disrupted at least 6 times in the past 12 months, at an average cost of $2.8 million per incident.

Operational Technology (OT) exploits are emerging as a significant threat to businesses today. As IT and OT environments become more interconnected, the attack surface expands, making it easier for adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities. Perimeter-based security controls such as firewalls are no longer enough to protect OT systems against sophisticated attacks. OT OEMs need to respond to customer needs in order to remain secure and competitive.

Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a low-cost, flexible, time-tested, and standardized solution that delivers on the three key capabilities necessary for OT system security: authentication, confidentiality, and integrity. PKI helps safeguard data by providing end-to-end data encryption, both at rest and in transit. It helps ensure data stored in OT systems and communication between IT and OT systems remain insulated from attacks. Encrypting communications also helps meet compliance requirements.

SecureG provides a customer-specific private PKI system that integrates with OEM OT devices and systems. It delivers unique identities to every device and server in a customer system. PKI is a must-have for securing operational technology, and it is cost-effective and flexible. By integrating PKI into IoT devices, OT OEMs deliver better security while maintaining competitively priced solutions.

Industrial cybersecurity threats are a significant concern for critical infrastructure, and OT exploits are becoming increasingly common. If you are thinking about how to add security to your OT product line, contact SecureG for help. We recognize that every OEM is different, and we partner with each of our customers to help design the security, policies, and procedures that make sense for your business.