At Everley Bottling Works the office side is an ordinary PC you can reboot, patch or replace any time, with data at stake; kept separate from it, the plant side is the bottling line, where an industrial controller runs the filler and conveyor 24/7, can't just stop, is often old and fragile, and people's safety is at stake; changes to the plant are planned carefully with the line engineer, and the two myths are rejected: it's just like the office computers, and it's not connected so it's safe.

CY-BEGINNER-098Beginner · OT and ICS Security

Not the Office — Looking After the Computers That Run Machines

The computers that run machines and physical processes aren't office PCs, and the office security playbook doesn't fit them. They control physical things, can't just be patched or rebooted, are often old, and put safety and uptime first. Treat them differently: keep them separate, change them carefully, and work with the people who run them.

11 hours8 chapters32 lessons225 activities8 labs

What you'll learn

See the computers that run machines (OT) as a different kind of thing from office computers (IT) — where a cyber problem becomes a physical, safety problem.
Know why you can't just patch or reboot a running control system, and weigh OT decisions by availability and safety first.
Keep the plant's control systems separate from the office network, and change them carefully with the people who run them.
See through the traps of 'it's just like the office computers' and 'it's not connected, so it's safe'.

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