Claroty’s Biannual ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report Finds ICS Vulnerability Disclosures Grew 110% Over The Last Four Years

Key findings include:

• ICS vulnerability disclosures grew 110% over the last four years demonstrating heightened awareness of this issue and the growing involvement of security researchers shifting toward OT environments.
• 34% of vulnerabilities disclosed affect IoT, IoMT, and IT assets, showing that organizations will merge OT, IT, and IoT under converged security management.
• 50% of the vulnerabilities were disclosed by third-party companies and a majority of these were discovered by researchers at cybersecurity companies.
• 87% of vulnerabilities are low complexity, meaning they don’t require special conditions and an attacker can expect repeatable success every time.
• 63% of the vulnerabilities disclosed may be exploited remotely through a network attack vector.

To download the report, go to https://claroty.com/2h21-biannual-report/