IT-OT-IoT-IIoT .... what are all about?
Daniel Ehrenreich
Leading ICS-OT-IIOT Cyber Security Expert, Consultant, Workshops Lecturer, International Keynote Speaker
When I get to loudly and strong discussion and opinion exchange with some colleagues; IT and OT cyber security experts, I always bring up this picture. I do that not because this is an ultimate answer for all cases, but I in order to reminding my friends and colleagues and to those who not always agree..... that the term CIA and any rotation of these letters (often promoted by many IT experts) are not applicable to all.
We must strongly differentiate among IT and OT, we must differentiate among IoT and IIoT, we must analyze every architecture case by case, and then perhaps we can select the right term. We shall not blindly talk about IT-OT convergence, a term which until now none (!) properly defined. We shall not blindly say that billions of IoT devices are talking each to other, because they are not (1)... mostly they talk with their designated service provider.
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5 年I agree completely, in particular and in general, that understanding terminilogy and meaning are the bases to understanding. As a small example - similar thing happened when one started to differenciate ICS from IT.
Director Of Embedded Software
5 年It is critical to differentiate between IT and OT.? I don't agree that Confidence-Integrity-Availability is not applicable to OT but that these are subsumed by Safety-Reliability-Productivity.? In OT, it is paramount to have SRP whereas in IT safety is not a concern in the sense that someone will be physically injured.