In today’s alarming reality, adequate ransomware response and recovery programs should be embraced as crucial business enablers. Know more:
In the case of a large oil pipeline system, a major ransomware attack caused a shutdown of operations for almost one week and led to fuel shortages. The attack—the result of a single compromised password—focused on the pipeline’s IT systems, but the OT systems that transport oil was not directly targeted. The attackers stole data and infected the IT network with ransomware and to prevent it from spreading to the OT, the pipeline was shut down.
Effectively managing an attack is critical to address the initial impact on operations and costs, and to help minimize a recovery that may involve days or weeks of limited capabilities and interrupted customer services. Businesses need to prepare not only for an attack response but for rapid recovery—and this is particularly critical in the OT domain, where physical processes are typically involved.
You need the capabilities to recover modern and old production systems, virtual machines , containers, programmable logic controllers , and applications from anywhere in a modern hybrid IT/OT architecture. The cloud has also become part of today’s modern systems or OT infrastructures and these platforms also need to be considered.
• Define recovery objectives when recovering from a disruption. For example, the recovery capability should prioritize human and environmental safety before restarting the OT operation that was impaired by the cybersecurity event. • Create awareness of threats , train your OT employees, simulate the worst-case scenario, and learn from your findings.
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