Showing posts with label IT/OT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IT/OT. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Bridging the IT/OT Gap: Bring IT into Your Acceptance Testing

By Dirk Sweigart, CISSP, PMP, Cybersecurity Working Group Member

A key part of starting up a new industrial control system or manufacturing application is the acceptance test.  If IT resources are not already involved, the acceptance test presents an excellent opportunity to bring them into your project. A successful implementation may solicit IT input on acceptance testing criteria and enlist their aid in performing the cybersecurity portions of the acceptance test.