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为加拿大各地的广泛客户部门提供了管理检测和响应（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，通过操作技术（OT）（如可编程逻辑控制器（PLC），开关和电机）与信息技术（IT）（如网络）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的各种威胁，使他们能够了解OT作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，迪芬达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哈桑博士拥有IIoT和传感器系统的NSERC IRCC，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，并将其集成到模拟的IIoT环境中，以反映整个制造业的运营条件。IT/OT Sandbox将提供一个测试环境，对于开发先进制造业网络安全威胁MDR的新工具至关重要。该测试平台将成为未来开发工具和技术的基础，使Difenda能够更好地支持加拿大的制造业，并确保Difenda的客户能够获得最新的保护技术。

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.