Targeted attacks against industrial control systems (ICS) and manufacturing systems increased by 2,000% in 2019, often involving nation states using ransomware to damage critical systems. Here’s the reason why: Protecting ICS and manufacturing systems against cyber attacks is more challenging than ever as organizations embrace Industry 4.0, a model that embraces a combination of traditional manufacturing and industrial IT practices with the latest smart technologies. The increasing connectivity of industrial control systems and the convergence of OT and IT networks expands the attack surface of industrial manufacturing.
In this session we’ll look at several kinds of attacks, and how Check Point’s ICS security solution minimizes risk exposure across IT and OT environments, block attacks before they reach critical assets.