Do cyber threats only affect my IT systems?
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Narrated by Shaun Reardon
Q: Do cyber threats only affect my IT systems?
A: We hear about IT hacks all the time — attackers stealing customer data, shutting down websites, holding companies to ransom. But there is a potentially much more costly and dangerous threat: attacks against operational technology, or OT as we say in the industry.
If IT is the digital world of data and information, then OT is the real or physical world of connected sensors, machines and control systems. As technology continues to become more sophisticated, the two are becoming increasingly connected.
Companies are connecting OT systems to IT and the internet to enable smart new technologies and to save money. Transport, energy, food, healthcare and many other industries are becoming more efficient by
