How the Pentagon is moving to counter converging IT and OT threats

The integration of data-centric information systems with operational technologies that control physical assets is increasingly enhancing the need for U.S. entities to modernize their cybersecurity and resilience approaches, according to experts from government and industry.

On a panel moderated by DefenseScoop Tuesday at a Scoop News Group-produced GDIT event, two Defense Department officials and two defense industry executives shared their latest insights on contemporary, real-world threats they’re tracking — at this convergence of IT systems, like computers and servers, with OT systems, like vehicles and medical devices — and how their teams are moving swiftly to adapt and respond.