What Changes When You Define the xOT Environment Correctly
Summary: Dragos argues that the operational technology environment now extends beyond PLCs, SCADA, and DCS to include cloud platforms, operational applications, connected devices, remote access, and facility systems such as HVAC that influence physical outcomes. The company cites its 2026 OT Cybersecurity Year in Review, which says adversaries are actively mapping physical processes and positioning for operational disruption, and that this activity is often visible only after a process behaves abnormally.
Why it matters: Ransomware groups now number in the hundreds with demonstrated capability to disrupt operational environments, and Dragos states that programs monitoring a fraction of the xOT environment will detect only a fraction of that activity.
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