Introduction
Operational technology used to sit behind physical distance. Networks, remote access, and vendor support have removed that distance without always adding the same controls.
The right response is not to copy IT tooling wholesale. It is to apply the same discipline: known assets, known owners, controlled change, and a path to recover.
A view both sides can trust
PCS programmes keep that view honest — close enough to the plant that operators trust it, and close enough to security that threats are not abstract.
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Known assets and owners
If cyber and operations cannot name the same systems, they cannot share a response.
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Controlled change
Plant systems need change control with the same seriousness as software, even when the tooling is different.
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A path to recover
When cyber and operations share one view, outages stop being a surprise that only one group can explain.
