ICS 2022

Beginning with a dissertation in 1994, in the subsequent 28 years, Zero Trust has moved from an academic discussion, through struggles that continue with current network and cybersecurity policies and implementation, to the availability of some tools from a wide variety of vendors. ICS often is the last to implement the newest of technology, for very good reason. There are architectures and papers providing much to consider. However, ICS lives in a world where information technology provides the Internet, wide-area and campus-wide communications, as well as some local, dedicated engineering communications. Our goal is to ensure this new technology, like others before it, is useful in an ICS environment. We will see this technology still a concept in development. Alternatively, ICS can be prepared to operate in such an environment provided by others. To those ends, we will examine the information available to carefully consider what should be done.

Key Takeaways:

• Although it can be considered the latest buzzword, Zero Trust offers the next step in cybersecurity
• It’s being implemented, but …
• There is some very good guidance, but it is not mature
• There are tools, but they do not play well together
• Just how it applies to ICS
•  If you have not started, what you can do now to prepare
• Takeaways and thoughts from various presentations and panels throughout the week