Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine March 2020 | Page 200

THE LEADER IN AGENTLESS DEVICE SECURITY

VISIBILITY & CONTROL Discover , analyze , and protect all your unmanaged and un-agentable devices .
DEPLOYED GLOBALLY
• Manufacturing / OT
• Healthcare
• Enterprise
LEARN MORE armis . com certainly — but not inherently dangerous . As industries integrate IT into operational functions , however , a server breach or drop in connection can have dire consequences . “ We have some energy clients that can control electricity on certain power poles ,” Flanagan explains . “ If there were a delayed reaction of even a couple of seconds where a person physically touched that power line , and the current stays running , that delay could cost somebody ’ s life .”
It is essential , therefore , that business risks get translated into security risks , both technical and non-technical . A culture shift needs to be a top priority for companies wishing to integrate IoT , robotics , AI , or any high tech into their industry , Flanagan explains . “ The biggest cultural shift has really been workers in IT and OT educating the boards , explaining what OT is , how it is different to IT , and how the organisation can navigate through the different risks as they combine the two through IoT ,” he says .
In most cases , the key performance indicators measured differ between OT , which is focused on production
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