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New research shows how attacks against some unprotected TSN protocols could allow attackers to disrupt or manipulate physical processes
August 21, 2026
In operational technology (OT) networking, the reliability and availability of industrial processes trumps everything, even cybersecurity. But what happens when an OT networking protocol designed to ensure speedy availability of safety-critical communications also embeds a security weakness into the architecture?
Without a full slate of cyber controls folded in, that reliability mechanism could itself become a vehicle for the kinds of industrial failures it's supposed to help prevent.
