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IT/OT Convergence and AI Reshaping Industrial Cybersecurity Architectures
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Why It Matters
The integration of IT and OT systems, coupled with AI adoption, creates significant new attack surfaces for critical infrastructure, making robust and updated cybersecurity architectures essential to prevent operational downtime, safety incidents, and severe economic impact.
Key Intelligence
- ■The ongoing convergence of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) networks is fundamentally altering industrial cybersecurity landscapes.
- ■Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into OT security, introducing both advanced protection capabilities and new potential vulnerabilities.
- ■New security architectures are developing to address the complex challenges arising from connected industrial environments and critical infrastructure.
- ■Organizations must adapt their cybersecurity strategies to manage the unique risks posed by an integrated IT/OT ecosystem and the deployment of AI.
- ■Effective security measures are vital to protect critical operational systems from sophisticated cyber threats enabled by convergence and AI.