Resources

Industrial organizations are under pressure to expand connectivity without increasing cyber risk or slowing operations. In this webinar, SANS Certified Instructor Michael Hoffman and Dispel COO Benjamin Burke break down why SANS Control 4: Secure Remote Access has become the defining control for modern OT security — and how teams can reduce risk while keeping production moving. Drawing from the latest SANS research and real-world OT deployments, you’ll learn how leading industrial organizations are eliminating blind spots, strengthening architecture, and turning secure remote access into an operational advantage.

New SANS research reveals how the rapid expansion of connectivity in industrial environments has turned remote access into one of the highest-risk and highest-impact control points in OT cybersecurity. As operations scale across plants, vendors, and cloud systems, organizations that fail to modernize remote access are seeing risk rise while operational friction compounds.

The 2025 survey reveals a clear pattern: most ICS/OT incidents begin with external access pathways, visibility collapses at the lower Purdue levels, and organizations are prioritizing investments that strengthen remote access governance and control.