Defending Control is Much Harder than Defending Data

OT is about machine to machine communications; IT is about data. Team8’s Head of Research Assaf Mischari asks “Do we defend OT the same we we defend data and what happens when we mix the two of them?” Since OT was never designed to be connected, cyber security becomes quite a challenge.

Singapore 2017
Assaf Mischari
Head of Research
Team8
Assaf Mischari is the Head of Research at Team8. Previously, Assaf was the CTO in the Cyber Division of the IDF's Technology & Intelligence Unit 8200. With 15 years of experience in software and hardware R&D in the cyber arena. Assaf holds a BSc in electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv University.