New Data Sheds Light on Industrial Cybersecurity Maturity and Blockers
Summary: Dragos and the Ponemon Institute surveyed 603 IT, IT security, and OT security practitioners across the United States to assess the maturity of their industrial cybersecurity programs. Fifty percent of respondents were optimistic about their ICS/OT program's future, with 21% reporting full maturity and 29% in a late-middle stage with C-level support, adequate budget, risk assessment, and a cross-functional team.
Why it matters: Fifty-six percent of respondents named the primary blocker to OT security investment as OT being managed by an engineering department without security expertise, and 53% said the same of IT departments without engineering expertise - meaning the gap is organizational, not budgetary, since only 32% cited competition for budget dollars.
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