Critical Infrastructure Leaders: Threat Level Remains High

OT Experts Advocate for Collaboration and "Adversary-Hostile" National Defenses Matthew Perry • July 24, 2025

OT environments have long been bereft of their traditional shelter from cyberattacks made from hacker ignorance or disinterest. Industrial environments are forefronts for nation-state hacking, the risk heightened by global tensions and the convergence of operational technology with IT counterparts.

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For those who can hear, alarms have been sounding loudly for some time. Yet advocacy for the basics - public-private partnerships and information sharing, tightly focused objectives that extend to the smallest operators and resilience planning - is still essential, said a clutch of government and industry leaders assembled Wednesday in New York for a panel hosted at the Global Cyber Innovation Summit.

It's a set of principles and strategic objectives you might have heard about in 2022, 2020 ...