Cybersecurity Dive January 16, 2026
A new report stresses the importance of logging, network segmentation and strong authentication, among other practices.
In an attempt to help critical infrastructure operators protect themselves from hackers, the U.S. and six other countries have published security guidance for organizations that run operational technology, offering advice on everything from network segmentation to activity logging.
“Exposed and insecure OT connectivity is known to be targeted by both opportunistic and highly capable actors,” the authoring agencies — representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — wrote in the document, “Secure connectivity principles for Operational Technology.”
Improving OT cybersecurity, the agencies added, “can challenge attackers’ efforts and raise the threshold necessary to cause physical harm, environmental...
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