From the course: Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
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OT hacking
From the course: Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
OT hacking
- [Instructor] OT Hacking or Operational Technology Hacking. In this lesson we're going to talk about OT devices and networks, the attacks that happen against these networks, the tools that you would use in countermeasures. So let's get started and learn a little bit more about OT technology. Operational Technology is a broad term that covers the operational network of an organization, and usually this meaning or covering the ICS machines or Industrial Control Systems. ICS refers to a control system based on devices, systems, and controls that are used for the operation or function of an automated industrial process. These could be generators and other huge equipment that you would find in companies and manufacturing plants and organizations. These are a target for attackers. Now, different nature of industries utilize different types of industrial controls, having different functions with different protocols. So ICS is used in almost every industrial sector; manufacturing…