The Week Ahead: Telecom advisory committee considers IT/OT convergence report; MITRE supply chain summit

The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee meets this week to vote on a report offering recommendations on securing operational technology through the integration of IT, while MITRE convenes a summit to discuss supply chain issues.

The NSTAC report contains several proposals on how to address the IT and OT “convergence,” with a focus on examining “the key challenges of securing OT systems against threats that emerge from IT network connections; and to identify emerging approaches to increase OT resiliency to...