{"id":207080,"date":"2026-01-27T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:10:09","slug":"navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating The New Frontier Of Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chuckbrooks\/2026\/01\/27\/otit-cybersecurity-navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/\">Navigating The New Frontier Of Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chuckbrooks\/2026\/01\/27\/otit-cybersecurity-navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chuckbrooks\/2026\/01\/27\/otit-cybersecurity-navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-27 13:47:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.forbes.com\">www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are no longer separate sectors that determine the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. IT systems managing data and corporate services and OT systems managing physical operations like energy, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities were formerly distinct worlds, but they are now intricately linked. While this confluence offers tremendous potential for productivity and creativity, it also presents significant cybersecurity issues that need for quick, calculated action. Below are 6 areas where IT\/OT cybersecurity are being impacted: <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-line-clamp:2\" class=\"Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM\">Technicians Monitoring Scada System at Automotive Factory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>getty<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Convergence of IT and OT Is Here, Not Coming <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OT environments were shielded for many years by air-gapped isolation and obscurity. They are becoming more and more networked these days, using cloud integration and IP connectivity for performance and remote management. In addition to dismantling conventional barriers, this innovation also dissolves the security perimeter that previously protected vital systems. Nearly three-quarters of OT devices are decades old and lack native security measures, according to recent research; this structural flaw is increasingly being exploited by attackers. <\/p>\n<p>Organizations can no longer treat IT and OT as distinct security areas as long as this interconnection persists. Instead, they must embrace comprehensive strategies that integrate protection, visibility, and risk management in both domains. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-line-clamp:2\" class=\"Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM\">An abstract design of a terminal display, warning about a cyber attack. Multiple rows of hexadecimal code are interrupted by red glowing warnings and single character exclamation marks. The image can represent a variety of threats in the digital world: data theft, data leak, security breach, intrusion, anti-virus failure, etc&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>getty<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The Environment of Threats Has Changed and Grown <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is evident to attackers that OT systems are valuable targets. Data, electricity grids, pipelines,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chuckbrooks\/2026\/01\/27\/otit-cybersecurity-navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating The New Frontier Of Risk https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chuckbrooks\/2026\/01\/27\/otit-cybersecurity-navigating-the-new-frontier-of-risk\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-27 13:47:00 Source Domain: www.forbes.com Information&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/6979070087e388e8f1839f8c\/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[149,30,89,57],"class_list":["post-207080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-anti-virus","tag-breach","tag-flaw","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207082,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207080\/revisions\/207082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}