Securing Azure datacenters with continuous IoT/OT monitoring
Learn how Microsoft ensures operational resilience for Azure datacenters with Azure Defender for IOT and Azure Sentinel
Learn how Microsoft ensures operational resilience for Azure datacenters with Azure Defender for IOT and Azure Sentinel
As businesses increasingly rely on connected devices to optimize their operations, the number of IoT and Operational Technology (OT) endpoints is growing dramatically—industry analysts have estimated that CISOs will soon be responsible for an attack surface multiple times larger than just a few years ago.
In 2020, the move toward digital transformation and Industry 4.0 took on new urgency with manufacturing and other critical infrastructure sectors under pressure to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs. But the cybersecurity model for operational technology (OT) was already shown to be lacking before the pandemic.
Azure Sphere first entered the IoT Security market in 2018 with a clear mission—to empower every organization on the planet to connect and create secure and trustworthy IoT devices. Security is the foundation for durable innovation and business resilience. Every industry investing in IoT must consider the vulnerabilities of the cyberthreat landscape.
As the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and operational technology (OT) continue to evolve and grow, so too, do the responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The CISO now needs to mitigate risks from cloud-connected machinery, warehouse systems, and smart devices scattered among hundreds of workstations.
Fighting the security battle so our customers don’t have to IoT devices are becoming more prevalent in almost every aspect of our lives—we will rely on them in our homes, our businesses, as well as our infrastructure.
As IoT is revolutionizing industries, CISOs need to rethink how they approach data protection in order to effectively employ risk mitigation.
We’re excited to announce that that Microsoft is joining industry partners to create the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a new cross-industry collaboration hosted at the Linux Foundation.
Every year billions of new connected devices come online. These devices enable businesses to finetune operations, optimize processes, and develop analytics-based services.
Today, we’re excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired the comprehensive, network-based IoT security platform CyberX.