Membership-based cyber security group launched to secure smart factory eco

IIOT based smart manufacturing industry is continuously threatened by possibility of security breaches with new emerging security threats getting unnoticed before they let hackers take advantage of them. With everything is connected to Internet, these new generation digital system driven smart factories need round the clock security management. To keep such smart factory environment well-informed about threats, a new security initiative is launched by group of manufacturing companies. Industrial cyber security expert Dragos announced membership-based Dragos OT-CERT (Operational Technology - Cyber Emergency Readiness Team), in identifying and fixing security risks in industrial infrastructure. Dragos partnered with the National Association of Manufacturers, with a membership base of 14,000 manufacturing companies in every industrial sector. This initiative supports them in identifying cyber threat and preach proactive security practices, so that the entire supply chain is secured. Along with National Association of Manufacturers, the other potential partners of Dragos OT-CERT partners include industrial automation electronic/computer equipment makers such as Emerson, Rockwell Automation, and four Information Sharing and Analysis Centers: E-ISAC (electricity), ONG-ISAC (oil and natural gas), DNG-ISAC (downstream natural gas), and WaterISAC. The small medium and large organi...