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REDUCING THE CYBERSECURITY RISKS OF PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIA IN OT ENVIRONMENTS
Published
Author(s)
Michael Powell, Fenimore Philip, Stephanie Saravia
Abstract
Though portable storage media are convenient, their unregulated use poses cybersecurity risks for organizations utilizing them in their OT environments. Procedural, physical, and technical controls are important because they can minimize the likelihood of a cyberattack from portable storage media usage. The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has developed recommendations to help OT personnel use portable storage media securely
Powell, M.
, Philip, F.
and Saravia, S.
(2025),
REDUCING THE CYBERSECURITY RISKS OF PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIA IN OT ENVIRONMENTS, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1334, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=960694
(Accessed October 1, 2025)