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GuidePoint Security researcher discovers vulnerability in the integrity of common HMI client-server protocol

Pascal Ackerman
Blog, Cybersecurity, Network & Infrastructure Security, News, Technical, Threat Advisory

December 1, 2022 What if you could no longer trust the critical process values displayed on your HMI screen? Executive Summary When operating an Industrial Control System (ICS), the operator relies on…

The Importance of OT Cybersecurity

Pascal Ackerman
Blog, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing

October 20, 2022 For the past 25 years, I have been working with Operational Technology (OT), and for the last 10 I have been solely focused on the security side of OT.

Considerations for merging your IT and OT environments into ICS

Pascal Ackerman
Blog, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing

Many organizations straddle the barrier between two different worlds: the Operational Technology (OT) world of physical machinery, manufacturing systems, SCADA, medical devices, and industrial equipme…