Fortinet global report finds 75 percent of OT organizations experienced at least one intrusion in the last year

Fortinet global report finds 75 percent of OT organizations experienced at least one intrusion in the last year

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"Fortinet’s 2023 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report shows that while OT organizations have improved their overall cybersecurity posture, they also have continued opportunity for improvement. Networking and IT teams are under extraordinary pressure to adapt and become more OT-aware, and organizations are shifting to find and employ solutions that implement security across their entire IT/OT environment to reduce their overall security risk.”

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the findings from its global 2023 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report. The results represent the current state of operational technology (OT) security and point to the opportunity for continued improvement for organizations to secure an ever-expanding IT/OT threat landscape. In addition to the latest trends and insights impacting OT organizations, the report also provides a roadmap to help IT and security teams better secure their environments.

Key findings from the global survey include

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OT continues to be targeted by cybercriminals at a high rate: While the number of organizations that did not incur a cybersecurity intrusion improved dramatically YoY (from 6% in 2022 to 25% in 2023), there is still significant room for improvement. In fact, three-fourths of