CISA Urges OT Operators to Plan for Worst Case Scenarios

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June 4, 2026 – Published on DataBreachToday

The latest initiative from the U.S. cyber defense agency aimed at operational technology operators is a little bit different. It’s not advice about how to keep hackers out. It’s not really about cybersecurity at all.

Instead, explained Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ICS Cybersecurity Lead Matthew Rogers, CI Fortify is about what to do when cybersecurity fails.

CI Fortify provides guidance for industrial control system operators so they can prepare for, and rehearse, operating through a cataclysmic, successful cyberattack that cuts them off from the internet or bricks their control systems – either way destroying the ability to remotely monitor and control equipment.

CI Fortify means “taking a step back,” said Patrick Gillespie, practice director for OT security at GuidePoint Security. In some cases, it might showcase the utility of systems deployed before networking became ubiquitous even in OT equipment. “OT systems have been around a lot longer than the internet,” Gillepsie said.

CISA Urges OT Operators to Plan for Worst Case Scenarios

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