Power grid security
Operational Technology, which is mostly called OT, consists of everything from industrial control systems to mechanical computers and even electric valves and switches. Many of our nation’s power plants were built decades ago, with some hydroelectric dams going back to the 1920s. Those plants have been haphazardly upgraded over the years, and today contain a mix of modern technology working alongside some of the original equipment much more manual than automated.
There is also an enormous number of proprietary OT devices used that contain unique operating and management software, sometimes which is only specific to a single device. It really is a bit of a mess from an OT network management perspective, though that chaos has ironically kept utilities safe from cyberattacks.
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