You're reading from IoT and OT Security Handbook Assess risks, manage vulnerabilities, and monitor threats with Microsoft Defender for IoT

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804619803

Length 172 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cybersecurity

Authors (2):

Smita Jain

Vasantha Lakshmi

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Understand the Challenges in IoT/OT Security and Common Attacks

2. Chapter 1: Addressing Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Delving into Network Segmentation-Based Reference Architecture – the Purdue Model

4. Chapter 3: Common Attacks on IoT/OT Environments

5. Part 2: How Microsoft Defender for IoT Can Address the Open Challenges in the Connected World We Live in Today

6. Chapter 4: What Is Microsoft Defender for IoT?

7. Chapter 5: How Does Microsoft Defender for IoT Fit into Your OT/IoT Environment/Architecture?

8. Chapter 6: How Do the Microsoft Defender for IoT Features Help in Addressing Open Challenges?

9. Part 3: Best Practices to Achieve Continuous Monitoring, Vulnerability Management, Threat Monitoring and Hunting, and to Align the Business Model Toward Zero Trust

10. Chapter 7: Asset Inventory

11. Chapter 8: Continuous Monitoring

12. Chapter 9: Vulnerability Management and Threat Monitoring

13. Chapter 10: Zero Trust Architecture and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

14. Index

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Operational efficiency

MDIoT is built from the ground up for OT security. It sends real-time alerts about device misconfigurations and malfunctions. This is an additional capability on top of the cybersecurity benefits. This capability helps the OT operations team to identify and carry out root cause analysis by flagging abnormal activities and providing full details that are needed from the OT segment and for any operational issues that may impact plant availability or product quality.

In Figure 4.10, an operational alert is highlighted to show that MDIoT is capable of recognizing misconfigurations. This functionality aids in increasing operational efficiency as admins are able to employ the necessary remediation steps:

Figure 4.10 – Screenshot of an operational alert aiding in operational efficiency

We will get into the details regarding understanding the alerts in the coming chapters.

At the end of this section, we now clearly understand the...

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