Four out of 10 industrial control security practitioners don’ t have proper visibility into their ICS networks. This is according to a new study by the SANS Institute.
Four out of 10 industrial control security practitioners don’ t have proper visibility into their ICS networks. This is according to a new study by the SANS Institute.
Based on a poll of ICS practitioners and cybersecurity stakeholders across various verticals, including energy, manufacturing, oil and gas, the report says that 40 percent of defenders are actually working blind to detect a cyber attack.
And by « working blind » the report refers to finding out where the attack is coming from and trying to remediate it in a « reasonable » amount of time.
« That statistic is even scarier, » the report says, « when you take into account that 67 percent say threats to the ICS systems are high, or severe and critical. »
There are four types of threats that are perceived as the biggest ones. First, adding devices that can’ t protect themselves on the network. Then, there are internal incidents spurred by accidental actions, and external threats from hacktivists and state-funded attackers.
And finally, there’s extortion, more commonly referred to as ransomware.
Ransomware, even though it takes up just a small share of the overall malware market share, is pulling in the most of the limelight. With the recent WannaCry and Petya /NotPetya attacks, many businesses around the world ended up locked out of their crucial data, resulting in large financial losses.
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