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OT Security vs IT Security
Why the familiar security priorities invert on a plant floor, and what that changes about patching, scanning, authentication, and incident response.
8 min readUpdated Aug 26, 2026
ReferenceCybersecurityArchitecture
The Purdue Model
The reference architecture most segmentation designs still start from: what each level contains, where the DMZ goes, and how it maps to a water utility.
8 min readUpdated Aug 20, 2026
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