As any good doctor will tell you, first you need to diagnose the patient before deciding on the cure. The same is true in cybersecurity: discovering your organisation’s most important assets is the first step towards understanding the risks and protecting them. But when it comes to operational technology (OT), this is easier said than done.

Organisations committed to science-based net zero targets need to minimise the impact of their digital network infrastructure as demands for data and AI grow.

For a long time, the phrase “security through obscurity” has been a kind of comfort blanket, intended to reassure anyone whose job involves protecting critical systems from risk. But that mindset needs to change that much is clear from the presentations at the recent Secure-OT23 conference, hosted by BT,.

For cloud-centric organisations, optimising the costs of compute, storage and traffic across the network and cloud platforms is becoming increasingly important.

BT continues to enhance its Contact Centre-as-a-Service (CCaaS) portfolio as we see growing demand for the best possible experience at the most important customer touchpoint for enterprises. It’s a market sector that’s expected to more than treble in value by 2030, and it’s easy to see why.

Delivering the operational flexibility that traditional networks can’t

Tighter integration between network and security is critical and needs careful planning to meeting the extra challenges that come from operating in a multi-cloud environment.

Ask most people about cybersecurity, and they might be able to tell you about email phishing scams or ransomware attacks. However, operational technology cybersecurity is less well understood because these systems have mostly been hidden from public view, often deployed in factories, manufacturing facilities or embedded into the built environment around us. In many cases, they’re custom built for a single purpose in a specific setting.

We are delighted to announce that we have expanded our data centre facilities with the addition of a new unit in Ballycoolin in Dublin.

Traditional network architectures are failing to support organisations reaching for a cloud-first strategy. Now, Global Fabric makes a cloud-centric future possible.

Now apps are critical to organisations’ fundamental functioning, innovation and changing goals, application performance and resilience are priorities. But current networks are struggling.

Effective cyber defence today has to take the initiative, spotting and stopping attacks before they take hold. Here’s how to adopt a proactive stance.