In light of the ever-evolving threat landscape, increased connectivity and increased risks, manufacturing organisations need to secure their industrial environments in order to maintain operational efficiency, business continuity, product integrity, and compliance. The Fortinet Security Fabric provides an integrated platform that covers all aspects of the manufacturing process — from the back office to the manufacturing floor to the data centre to the cloud. Our secure solutions protect all attack surfaces and users and can help effectively manage operational risks.
Manufacturing organisations face potential cybersecurity risks as they digitalise and connect their operational systems to the internet. The Fortinet Security Fabric offers a solution that integrates cybersecurity protection across OT and IT environments, ensuring safety and business operations from the manufacturing floor to the data centre 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 through an important, unified single pane of glass security view.
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Whether your organisation needs to comply with NIS2 requirements or the UK’s NIS Regulations and Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) in the UK, effective risk management of IT and OT networks is critical. There are a range of standards, frameworks and guidelines that organisations can use, including the ISA / IEC 62443 Standards. When implemented correctly, the 62443 standards help to effectively manage cyber security risk through the use of Security Zones and implementation of controls based on risk and Security Levels.
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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Malicious cyber-physical actions can result in 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.
We had a legacy switching network with an outdated Wi-Fi overlay and an added security layer that was no longer adequate to protect our assets. What we needed was something more stable and scalable, with security integrated at its core.”- Miguel Borges, IT Director, Galucho
Within a dynamic cloud-first architecture such as ours, the key is to have an intelligent, responsive security infrastructure. … the Fortinet Security Fabric solution, with its integrated event correlation, automation, and centralized management and reporting, was the perfect fit for us.”- Salvatore Lanzilotti, Global Network & TELCO Services Manager, Prysmian Group
FortiManager is praised by all our administrators; they can manage all the deployed solutions we have, and this makes their work a lot easier, simplifies control, and reduces the error rate.”- Marek Timoracký, IT Manager, ENVIEN Group
The manufacturing sector is leveraging the speed, agility, and disruptiveness of cloud to accelerate its business goals.
The NIS2 Directive aims to enhance cyber resilience of critical infrastructure and networks across the EU in energy, transport, water, banking and finance, and healthcare, as well as digital infrastructure supporting enterprise IT. NIS2 affects all mediumand large-sized entities in these sectors, as well as some designated critical small entities.
Collaboration and discussion between IT and OT security teams about actual barriers and boundaries can unlock apprehensions so that organizations can include OT networks in their comprehensive zero-trust security strategies.
Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing with a Single Platform
Enabling Remote Work and Ensuring Business Continuity
Going from implied trust to zero trust
FortiGuard Industrial Security Service Secures ICS and OT With Application Control and Virtual Patching
Sophisticated tools and best practices are expanding every day to make it easier to prevail as a defender. As manufacturers learn more about these technologies and practices, they will make it possible to tap into the benefits of digitalization while minimizing risks and becoming more competitive and resilient overall.
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.
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
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.
Today, the convergence of IT and OT networks means that ever-evolving cyberthreats now have easier access to previously air-gapped OT environments. So, the need to apply a zero-trust cybersecurity model to OT has become increasingly important.
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
The Fortinet OT Security Platform is a comprehensive system designed to protect OT environments. This platform includes secure networking, zero trust support, security operations solutions, dedicated threat intelligence, and a far-reaching and inclusi.ve technology alliance ecosystem
One of the frequently overlooked benefits of IT/OT convergence is the ability to streamline the security operations in IT and OT environments in a converged security operations center (SOC).
Microsegmentation provides OT networks with the security they need— without sacrificing network performance.
Discover how GTF Group strengthened its cybersecurity and improved infrastructure visibility with Fortinet’s Security Fabric. By integrating FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiEDR, and FortiSIEM, the company now benefits from centralized insights and stronger protection across its entire environment.
Discover how Barnes Group, a global industrial and aerospace manufacturing leader, secures its expansive corporate network. With over 8,000 endpoints, Barnes Group relies on Fortinet Universal ZTNA, advanced endpoint and network protection, and FortiGuard AI-powered Security Services to maintain top-notch security.
Toyota Material Handling North America is an industry leader in manufacturing material handling solutions. The team faced an aging security infrastructure and needed to modernize its systems. Hear how Fortinet increased its network visibility, reduced vulnerabilities, and secured the risk of east-west lateral movement.
As manufacturers work to digitize their operations, this shift exposes their organizations to more cybersecurity risks, particularly with the increases in smart devices on factory floors. Manufacturers Alliance and Fortinet studied strategies for coping with the new threat landscape, the state of IT and operational technology (OT) collaboration, promising tactics, and barriers to progress.
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.
This webinar will provide an overview of how manufacturing organisations can adopt NIS2 principles, incorporate them proactively to gain an understanding of their current security posture, the controls needed to minimise risk and leap forward towards the highly connected factory of the future.
In this session we cover the importance of an OT security platform to address market trends, challenges, and concerns in OT security.
