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How an Emerging Industrial Protocol Family Could Put OT at Risk

By Ericka Chickowski

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New research exposes attack vectors against Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) protocols used in industrial OT environments, where insufficient protection could allow attackers to disrupt or manipulate physical processes. TSN is an emerging IEEE 802.1 protocol family increasingly adopted in industrial automation and smart manufacturing. OT security teams should audit TSN deployments for missing authentication and encryption controls.

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