NIST Releases Cybersecurity Guide for Energy Sector to Improve Operational Technology
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built a laboratory environment to demonstrate how energy organizations can strengthen their operational technology (OT) asset management practices by leveraging capabilities that may already exist within their operating environment or by implementing new capabilities.
As electric utilities and the oil and gas industry are some of the nation’s critical infrastructures, the incapacitation or destruction of assets, systems, and networks in the energy sector could have serious negative effects on the economy, public health and safety, notes the report.