New regulations of the operational safety regulation
New regulations of the Industrial Safety Ordinance (BetrSichV) now stipulate that potential security gaps in the software and the measurement, control and regulation technology (MSR) and their degree of danger must be assessed. Operators of systems that require monitoring such as elevators, tank farms or biogas plants, steam boilers and other pressure vessels are now obliged to identify potential cyber threats. If the operator has not carried out a corresponding risk assessment, there is a defect that can result in penalties. Wolfgang Huber, Regional Director Central Europe at the security specialist Cohesity, explains how companies can meet these legal requirements despite limited resources: "IT teams are already benefiting from their security architecture...
