Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing with a Single Platform
Manufacturing companies need to secure their industrial systems while maintaining operational efficiency, business continuity, product integrity, and compliance. The Fortinet Security Fabric provides an integrated platform that covers all aspects of the manufacturing business— from the back office to the manufacturing floor to the data center to the cloud. Our solutions protect all attack surfaces and users.
Manufacturing organizations face potential cybersecurity risks as they connect their operational systems to the internet. The Fortinet Security Fabric offers a solution by integrating cybersecurity protection across OT and IT environments, ensuring safety from the manufacturing floor to the data center and multiple clouds.
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In a rapidly evolving marketplace that demands just-in-time production, manufacturers cannot afford to be slowed down by cybersecurity events or by efforts to prevent them. The Fortinet Security Fabric provides a unified platform that can protect IT, OT, and physical security—with broad visibility and integrated control from a single pane of glass.
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It's important to conduct risk and security assessments, followed by mitigation plans to enhance industrial control system (ICS) security. This will help to narrow down the cybersecurity problem to a list of findings, which only represent a part of the overall ICS security posture. Adopting various security controls, such as prevention, monitoring, detection, and response to incidents is also crucial. The ICS should be segmented into security zones based on the identified cybersecurity requirements and protection levels.
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Operations disrupted by a cyber-physical attack can create safety risks.
An attack disrupting production can impact revenue, including distribution channels and supply chains.
The attack surface for cyber-physical assets exposes production equipment to disruption from attack.
Penalties for noncompliance are high but diminished brand reputation caused by a breach may be worse.
Degrading product quality due to a cyberattack can ruin a brand's reputation or create spoilage.
Our extended IT infrastructure is absolutely critical to everything we do, so it’s invaluable to have the seamless protection that Fortinet provides across our physical and cloud-based domains.”
- Stuart Berman, global security architect, Steelcase
The combined set of capabilities across the entire Fortinet Security Fabric gives GEMÜ a significant security advantage.”
- Bruno Scharpfenecker, Systems Administrator, GEMÜ
Manufacturing organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their facilities—and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly connected to the internet. Discover how the Fortinet Security Fabric addresses the cybersecurity challenges in manufacturing.
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Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing with a Single Platform
Using Regulations and Standards to Develop a Proactive Risk Posture
New survey on OT security preparedness reveals that plants understand most common cyber threat vectors, despite little agreement across industry on which department should lead these initiatives
IEC 62443 is a set of Industrial Control System (ICS) security standards written by ICS experts for ICS owners, manufacturers and integrators across a range of applications and sectors. Evaluating assigned security levels within identified security zones and conduits against functional and system requirements provides a cohesive approach to security. Fortinet teamed with the SANS Institute to review the standard and the needs from technology that support implementation. With guidance from IEC 62443 and implementation of Fortinet’s solutions, you can address the security of an ICS strategically.
As the food & beverage industry works to catch up with other industries in general adoption of internet technologies (remote monitoring, cloud-based computing, Industrial Internet of Things), it’s also ramping up its safeguards against cyberattacks.
Operations leaders in these environments need to implement cybersecurity measures that provide threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities that are designed for the sensitive nature of OT systems. The integrated architecture of the Fortinet Security Fabric offers OT-native security that fulfills these critical needs.
Both operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) environments need cybersecurity protection, but OT environments have unique characteristics that require different cybersecurity considerations. The Fortinet Security Fabric accommodates these unique OT characteristics while also enabling both OT and IT cybersecurity to be managed from a single pane of glass.
Plant managers and operations leaders are seeing an onslaught of attacks targeting OT systems. Some even use sophisticated techniques (e.g., agile development, polymorphism) that make it more difficult to identify, detect, and remediate attacks. To address these sorts of advanced threats, organizations need purpose-built OT security solutions to help them instantly prevent, detect, and respond to these threats—before downtime or critical damage can occur.
Enterprise Security for Changing Times - Protection for Expanding Infrastructures, Increasing Attacks, and Compliance
With an Adaptive, Businesswide Security Fabric
IT and OT networks are being integrated as digital transformation initiatives sweep across industrial sectors. This shift presents an opportunity to converge security operations across IT and OT in one security operations center (SOC).
Operational technology (OT) industries are rapidly undergoing digital transformation just like other organizations. However, the nature of OT environments means they will require security and networking features that IT-only environments may not. Locations may be remote and/or require equipment that can stand up to unusual environmental conditions. Nonetheless, distributed OT assets need to be connected to the enterprise in a safe, reliable, and cost effective manner
Manufacturing organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their factories—and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly being connected to the internet. The cybersecurity implications of this trend are significant, including possible threats to physical safety, and in some cases, national security. By designing cybersecurity into these complex infrastructures via the Fortinet Security Fabric, organizations can integrate cybersecurity protection across OT and IT environments, from the manufacturing floor to the data center to multiple clouds.
The cybersecurity initiatives among manufacturing environments are evolving even as awareness of vulnerabilities continues to lag.
Cyberattacks can do more than disrupt operations and compromise sensitive data—they can put lives at risk. However, when attacks occur, often there’s no obligation for plant owners and operators to disclose the incident. Fortinet has partnered with Plant Services to explore the security responsibilities in industrial systems across the plant.
