Current IT vs OT

Traditionally, Information Technologies (IT) have been separate from Operational Technologies (OT). However, lately we have seen how these two worlds are converging. Not only are IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) becoming more interconnected than ever before, but both technologies are also increasingly connected to the Internet.

How IT differs from OT in the security framework:

A common mistake is to look at OT systems the same way, but to change the order to be availability, integrity and confidentiality. In this way we can claim that standard IT security measures can be trivially adapted and applied to OT systems.