When OT systems are brought into the IT security realm, there are more devices that need network connectivity and greater segmentation is required to isolate those devices. Zero-trust architectures ...

The next wave of AI-enabled operations is reshaping how data centres are run, promising sharper efficiency, tighter security ...

In 2016, when I wrote about IT/OT convergence as one of the key mantras in Smart Manufacturing, my opinion was that IT/OT convergence was not only a technical issue, but an organizational one. In ...

Heiko Claussen is SVP of AI at AspenTech, responsible for the company’s industry 4.0 strategy, industrial AI research and data science. Industrial companies have been on the road to information ...

Smart technologies have the potential to make cities more sustainable, efficient and secure, but maximizing their potential requires an IT and operational technology convergence that has historically ...

As businesses refine their digital strategies, experts recommend integrating IT with operational tech. According to Lynda Stadtmueller, research vice president and global practice area leader at Frost ...

Industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) have placed information technology (IT) and operation technology (OT) convergence at the heart of business processes, crucial to a company’s ...

In this conversation with Dark Reading Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins, Carmine Valente, deputy CISO of New York-based electric utility Con Edison, discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of IT ...

Sameer Malhotra is cofounder and CEO of TrueFort, a former Wall Street tech exec and an expert in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity. The line between operational technology (OT) and information ...

HPE is hoping to flex its industrial IoT muscle as a "pioneer" of the convergence between operations technology and traditional IT, Dr. Tom Bradicich, vice president and general manager of Servers, ...

Microsoft recently identified unpatched, high-severity vulnerabilities in 75% of the most common industrial controllers in customer OT networks. Many organizations are adopting new measures to ...

Smart manufacturing approaches are enabling industrial companies to address the challenges of global competition, sustainability, supply chain snarls and labor shortages. The goal is to become more ...