Q&A: The Cybersecurity Training Gap in Industrial Networks
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Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2024-02-19
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Dan Raywood, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
An interview with OPSWAT’s Irfan Shakeel highlights rising cyber risk to ICS/OT amid geopolitical tensions and legacy system weaknesses, stressing the need for user-friendly, OT-focused training, secure configurations, encryption, and network isolation to close skills gaps. He notes that in the Middle East and Africa—particularly post–Saudi Aramco—energy and oil/gas sectors are accelerating investment in cybersecurity tools and human capital to minimize operational disruptions.
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