Investigation and Development of a Cyber Security Sandbox for IIoT Information Technology and Operational Technology Threat Vector Testing and Mitigation

自2012年以来，Difenda一直为加拿大各地的客户提供管理检测和响应（MDR）服务，包括金融、国防和航空航天。他们专注于创新，并开发了行业领先的解决方案，以自动化和加速客户对网络威胁的响应。加拿大各地采用新的工业4.0技术，通过可编程逻辑控制器（PLC）、开关和电机等操作技术（OT）与网络等信息技术（IT）之间的接口引入了新的威胁载体。Difenda正在寻求开发一个低风险的测试环境，以模拟对OT的广泛威胁，使他们能够将OT理解为他们在网络安全方面强大专业知识的补充。为了实现这一目标，Difenda将与莫霍克学院在工业物联网（IIoT）和先进制造方面的专家合作。Esteve Hassan博士在工业物联网和传感器系统领域拥有NSERC IRCC学位，增材制造创新中心的研究人员补充了他的知识。通过此次合作，Difenda将获得关键领域的专业知识和设备，并将其集成到模拟工业物联网环境中，该环境反映了整个制造业的运行条件。IT/OT沙箱将为先进制造业网络安全威胁的MDR新工具的开发提供一个关键的测试环境。该试验台将为未来工具和技术的发展奠定基础，使Difenda能够更好地支持加拿大制造业，并确保为Difenda的客户提供最新的保护技术。

Since 2012, Difenda has offered Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to a wide range of client sectors across Canada, including finance, defense, and aerospace. They are focused on innovation, and have developed industry-leading solutions to automate and accelerate client responses to cyber threats. The adoption of new Industry 4.0 technologies across Canada introduces new threat vectors through the interface between Operational Technologies (OT), like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), switches and motors, to Information Technologies (IT) e.g. networks. Difenda is seeking to develop a low risk test environment to simulate a wide range of threats to OT, enabling them to understand OT as a complement to their strong expertise in cyber security. To achieve this goal, Difenda will collaborate with Mohawk College's experts in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and advanced manufacturing. Dr. Esteve Hassan holds an NSERC IRCC in IIoT and sensor systems and researchers affiliated with the Additive Manufacturing Innovation Centre complement his knowledge. Through this collaboration, Difenda will gain access to expertise and equipment in key areas, integrated into a simulated IIoT environment that mirrors operating conditions across the manufacturing industry. The IT/OT Sandbox will provide a test environment critical to the development of new tools for the MDR of cyber security threats in the advanced manufacturing sector. This test bed will form the foundation for future development of tools and techniques to allow Difenda to better support Canada's manufacturing sector and ensure the most up to date protection technologies are available to Difenda's clients.