2022 Year In Review
2022 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year In Review
2022 Year In Review
2022 Year In Review
Dragos’s annual ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review – industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) vulnerabilities, threats targeting industrial environments, and industry trends from customer engagements worldwide.
Keep scrolling to explore our interactive view of the 2022 Year in Review. Be sure to download your free copy of the full report for exclusive data and insights on the state of ICS/OT cybersecurity to help you stay ahead of the threat landscape in 2023.
TIMELINE OF ICS THREAT ACTIVITY IN 2022
In 2022, headlines around the world highlighted the motivation for targeting ICS/OT and the impact of disruption. The following cyber attacks and cybersecurity events attracted high-profile attention last year.
2022 ICS/OT VULNERABILITIES
In 2022, Dragos Threat Intelligence assessed 2170 ICS/OT common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) reported by a variety of sources including independent researchers, vendors, Dragos, and ICS-CERT.
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2022 ICS/OT Environment Assessments
Dragos gathered first-hand insights to understand the state of ICS/OT cybersecurity, impacts for the community overall, and recommendations to improve strategies for all levels of ICS/OT cybersecurity maturity.
2022
80%
2021
86%
2020
90%
Change
-6%
Extremely limited / no visibility into OT environment
80% of service engagements have a lack of visibility across OT networks, making detections, triage, and response incredibly difficult at scale.
2022
50%
2021
77%
2020
88%
Change
-27%
Poor security perimeters
50% of service engagements included a finding of external connections from OEMs, IT networks, or the Internet to the OT network.
2022
53%
2021
70%
2020
33%
Change
-17%
External Connections to the ICS Environment
53% of ICS Environments had external connections.
2022
54%
2021
44%
2020
54%
Change
+10%
Lacked separate IT & OT user management
54% of service engagements included a finding of shared credentials in OT systems, the most common method of lateral movement and privilege escalation.
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