Gartner Research

Evolve and Redesign Security Policy Framework to Meet Industrial IoT and OT Needs

Published: 16 March 2018

ID: G00351110

Analyst(s): Wam Voster, Saniye Alaybeyi, Barika Pace

Summary

Though organizational security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines exist, they are often not entirely applicable or optimized for OT. Security and risk management leaders in converging IT/OT organizations must transform their security policies to support industrial IoT and OT use cases.

Table Of Contents
  • Key Challenges

Introduction

Analysis

  • Establish a Converged IT/OT Security Policy
    • Step 1: RACI-Proof Your Security Policies
    • Step 2. Gain Agreement on Policy and RACI Matrix
    • Step 3. Communicate Policies to Responsible Roles
  • Adopt OT Security Standards and Guidelines That Support the Converged IT/OT Security Policy
    • Step 1. Customize Existing OT Standards or Simply Use Them as a Reference When Developing Your Own Custom OT Security Standards
    • Step 2. Develop OT Security Guidelines to Provide Advice to the Rest of the OT Organization, Including Best Practices for OT Security
  • Develop Coherent OT Security Procedures to Implement the Converged IT/OT Security Policy
    • Step 1. Make OT Security Procedures Coherent
    • Step 2. Give Priority to Network-Based OT Security Procedures
    • Step 3. Implement Procedures for Controlling Adjustments to Hardware, Software, Firmware and Documentation

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