This infographic reviews the state of oil and gas OT cybersecurity in 2023, highlighting rising threats and persistent defensive gaps. Dragos tracked 21 OT threat groups, with four exploiting insecure remote services, and observed 30 ransomware incidents impacting the sector. Most OT-related incidents originated from IT environments, while unexpected remote access tools appeared in over 10 percent of customer networks. Key findings show weaknesses in OT-specific incident response planning, remote access security, asset visibility, defensible architecture, and risk-based vulnerability management. Updated TSA directives require annual testing of cybersecurity incident response objectives, reinforcing the need for segmentation, MFA, monitoring, and prioritizing only the small percentage of vu

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