Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Zero-Trust and Microsegmentation

The report warns that ransomware increasingly targets critical infrastructure (energy, water, transportation, finance), cites a 2023 statistic and a recent suspected American Water incident, and prescribes zero-trust strategies and OT-specific controls—microsegmentation, IAM/PAM/MFA, asset visibility, password management for IoT, segmentation projects, monitoring, breach testing, and backups—to reduce lateral movement and mitigate impact.