The Hunt: Uncovering Misconfigurations Through Proactive Threat Hunting to Fortify Cybersecurity in OT Environments

Dragos OT Watch describes proactive threat hunting in OT environments focused on identifying and remediating misconfigurations—examples include external DNS settings, insecure remote access, controllers polling external IPs, and default credentials. The post notes that every OT Watch customer had at least one significant misconfiguration and that addressing these issues improves both security posture and operational efficiency.