Suzanne Gill

What is the best piece of advice cybersecurity practitioners give end users working to secure their connected OT devices?

Suzanne Gill investigates the network security threats currently facing the operational technology (OT) environment today.

Suzanne Gill of Control Engineering Europe spoke with a few thought leaders on the cybersecurity challenges manufacturers face and how they can best overcome them. Their suggestions and tips follow. Biggest security risks and challenges of information […]

The convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), the wider connectivity of OT with external networks, and the growing number of Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices, is helping to boost the efficiency of industrial […]

While industry sectors are starting to automate their processes to help increase productivity and efficiency and this requires greater connectivity, which also can expose systems to attack. 

While traditional industrial networks are using Ethernet switches to prepare for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, there is a place for unmanaged switches, though they come with some risks.