This year, Trusted CI is conducting a year-long effort on the security of operational technology in science. Operational technology (OT) encompasses broad categories of computing and communication systems that in some way interact with the physical world. This includes devices that either have sensing elements or control elements, or some combination of the two. Networked sensors and control systems are increasingly important in the context of science as they are critical in operating scientific instruments. Trusted CI is pleased to share its findings from this study, published in the following report:
Emily K. Adams, Daniel Gunter, Ryan Kiser, Mark Krenz, Sean Peisert, Susan Sons, and John Zage. “Findings of the 2022 Trusted CI Study on the Security of Operational Technology in NSF Scientific Research,” July 13, 2022. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6828675 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6828675
In support of this study, Trusted CI gratefully acknowledges the many individuals from the following NSF Major Facilities that contributed to this effort: IceCube Neutrino Observatory, NOIRLab, Ocean Observatories Initiative, and the United States Academic Research Fleet.
Now that Trusted CI has finished its examination of the current state of the security of OT in science, it will turn its focus to developing a roadmap of solutions to sustainably advance security of scientific operational technology, which will be published in late 2022.
