Identifying Vulnerabilities and Detecting Attacks accross Multiple IoT Systems.
In our current landscape, the absence of traditional cyber boundaries demands an asset-centric cybersecurity approach to craft a resilient and comprehensive security strategy. A cyber asset management platform operates continuously to identify, safeguard, and ensure compliance across all managed and unmanaged cyber assets—IT, IoT, IoMT, and OT. These security platforms actively detect unusual behaviors in devices, linking specific activities to potential risks and taking measures such as device isolation or disconnection from the network if necessary. By harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning, these platforms discern threats and initiate remedial actions. The collected data integrates seamlessly with existing corporate security systems, including SIEM systems, thus extending IT security principles to encompass IoT and OT environments.
Several high-profile incidents have highlighted the critical nature of IoT security, where common IoT devices were exploited to infiltrate and compromise larger networks. Effective security management requires the integration of both physical and logical control systems. In an interconnected world, disrupting an IT system can lead to access control, industrial production, logistics, and supply chain disruptions. In critical infrastructure, this disruption can affect energy distribution systems and public administration services. Any interconnected device poses a potential entry point for malicious actions. The attack surface continuously expands and evolves. Consequently, software platforms responsible for monitoring assets and the processes granting access to production systems and business management must be governed by a unified security system.
