Best+Practices+for+Successful+IT_OT+Convergence
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Hi, my name is Kristen Polous, I'm the general manager
of the industrial cybersecurity business at Tripwire.
Today I'm going to share a few strategies
for IT/OT converging organizations.
The first tip is to think about formulating teams
that have members from both the IT and OT organizations
to come together and strategise
on what needs to be done and what the goals are.
It's common for these two groups to have
completely different priorities
and they don't always see eye to eye.
So by putting these two groups together in the same room,
they can start to share common goals and have a common mission.
The second tip, while it might sound obvious,
is for these teams to formulate a plan
and get buy-in from the very top.
We often see well-intentioned groups with great strategies
on how to gain cybersecurity
and improve their posture in their organizations,
only to face the challenges of receiving budget buy-in.
When you get somebody like a C-suite sponsor
to be a part of the project and get that sponsorship from the start
you're much more likely to get your project implemented
and funded on time.