Who’s+Responsible+for+Industrial+Cybersecurity+and+Securing+OT+Environments_

Hi, my name is Kristen Polous, I'm the general manager of the Industrial Cybersecurity Business at Tripwire, and today I'd like to talk to you about whose responsibility it is for industrial cybersecurity and securing OT environments. I know it's a cliche, but it's everybody's responsibility. To be clear, we have seen a consolidation of direct responsibility coming underneath the CISO and that's really important, because a lot of the lessons that have been learned from IT security can now be applied. But it's also important to take the intimate expertise that people from the OT environments have, People like controls engineers, even plant managers, they should have a say and at least be a stakeholder in industrial cybersecurity projects. Third and finally, it's also really important for people in the C-suite and business owners to take a stake and think of industrial cybersecurity projects as important. It's not just about being secure, but it can even help affect your bottom line. Think about an hour of saved, unplanned downtime. That's something any business unit leader or even CEO is going to care about, and can often pay for whatever investment was required for cybersecurity. So lots of stakeholders and responsibility that we see out there, and everybody should play their part.