Clean Data Is Now a Cybersecurity Requirement for Industrial AI
The phrase “garbage in, garbage out” has been used for decades, but it has new weight in manufacturing AI. An AI model used for predictive maintenance, quality analysis, or process optimization relies on data from machines,…
How AI Is Changing OT Security
AI accelerates both sides of OT cybersecurity. When AI writes the malware, defenders need to understand exactly how capable the threat is and where the real risks lie. Attackers use AI coding assistants to speed up…
Secure OT Data Flows Before Scaling AI
Manufacturers are investing in AI to improve maintenance, quality, production visibility, asset performance, and decision-making. Most of these use cases pull data from sensors, historians, machines, SCADA systems, MES platforms, engineering workstations, and other operational sources.…
ICS Cybersecurity Conferences 2026-2027
IIoT World tracks industrial cybersecurity conferences, summits, and virtual events across the OT security landscape. This guide covers the major ICS cybersecurity events for 2026 and 2027, including virtual options for security professionals who cannot travel.…
89% More Breaches: How Manufacturers Are Fighting Back
Data breaches in the manufacturing industry rose 89% year over year, reaching 1,607 confirmed cases in 2025 compared to 849 in 2024, according to Verizon’s DBIR Report. The driver is the increasing connection between IT and…
Top 7 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Trends and Frameworks for 2026
The convergence of IT and OT networks across manufacturing, energy, and critical infrastructure has brought industrial control systems (ICS) into direct contact with the same threat actors targeting enterprise IT. This IIoT World analysis covers the…
How Do You Secure OT When AI Writes the Malware?
When agentic AI can write attack code and deploy it autonomously, securing OT networks requires removing the inbound attack surface entirely. At Hannover Messe 2026, Skkynet CEO Gary Tillery describes how the company’s outbound-only architecture does…
Removable Media Is Still OT’s Biggest Blind Spot
A plant operator plugged a personal phone into an HMI to charge it and accidentally tethered the device, giving an air-gapped control system a live internet connection. At another site, the cybersecurity lead walked through the…
How One Utility Secured 650,000 Power Connections
IIoT World covers OT cybersecurity for energy infrastructure, including removable media risks, air gap strategies, and ICS security frameworks for renewable energy operators. With estimated cybercrime costs reaching $10.5 trillion between 2020 and 2025, the energy…
Achieving Regulatory Compliance for Connected Devices in Global Smart Manufacturing & Critical Infrastructure
Regulatory compliance for connected devices represents a foundational business requirement for Original Equipment Manufacturers and asset operators. This IIoT World article maps the global regulatory landscape across IEC 62443, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, and…