New NIST guidance for secure USB use in OT

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has developed a draft two-pager NIST Special Publication intended to help operational technology (OT) operators and manufacturers use Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices securely.

Portable storage media can be used to transfer data physically to and from OT environments. USB storage devices are convenient, but their use poses potential cybersecurity risks for organizations that utilize them in their OT environments.

Organizations can reduce these risks with secure physical and logical controls on the access, storage, and usage of USB devices.

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