Robert Fairfax

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System Integrators October 12, 2021

System integrators’ role in the OT cybersecurity crisis

Cybersecurity is a challenge for many manufacturers. System integrators can help, but their role is often ill-defined and that needs to change as information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) continue to merge.

By Robert Fairfax
Cybersecurity August 16, 2021

How the American Jobs Plan could improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity

Provisions within the American Jobs Plan could improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity, but it's the first in many steps needed to make the nation safer from cyber attacks.

By Robert Fairfax
Cybersecurity August 13, 2021

Ignoring cyber risk is dangerous to society and your bottom line

There continues to be a fundamental friction between the estimation of cyber risk and the short-term thinking of today’s quarterly budgetary decisions, which can lead to very bad results during the road.

By Robert Fairfax
Industrial Networking August 8, 2021

System integrators and serial communication monitoring: Why it matters

System integrators can help improve operational visibility and cybersecurity posture for industrial control systems (ICSs) with serial communications monitoring.

By Robert Fairfax