Air Gaps and OT Security in the Zero Trust Era

OT security — air gap trust assumptions, removable media risks, and supply chain integrity in ICS environments

OT security has always rested on a core assumption: if a system is physically separated, it is safe. For years, the air gap represented real certainty. No routable path, no shared infrastructure, no logical bridge — and no external attack surface to speak of. In safety-critical industrial environments, that clarity mattered. But the industrial world…

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Legitimate Tool Abuse: Why Threat Actors Use Trusted Tools

legitimate tool abuse

Legitimate tool abuse is becoming a central part of modern cyberattacks. Patch management, penetration testing, and exploit detection remain essential pillars of a mature security programme, but they no longer explain the full exposure picture on their own. Threat actors increasingly abuse legitimate company tools, either at the start of or during their attacks, using…

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