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Published inMar 2023
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Smita Jain
Smita Jain
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Smita Jain

Business enabler and risk management focused, Smita has a unique and globally-experienced approach to Information Security, Data Privacy, IT, OT-IoT, and Digital Transformation. Her hallmarks include transformative vision casting and strategy setting, operational and organizational excellence, and a risk-based approach to enterprise enablement. Recognized thought leader in the transformation process, re-envisioning and establishing organizational cadence and culture. With an established track record of effectively working across various industries. A cybersecurity consultant, strategist, mentor to organizations about the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and helping them build a dynamic cybersecurity program.
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Vasantha Lakshmi
Vasantha Lakshmi
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Vasantha Lakshmi

Vasantha Lakshmi works at Microsoft India as a Technology Specialist and as previously a Program Manager. She holds Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certification which aids in aligning with the industry standard of security. She has been working on various security products for the last Seven years. She has more than twelve years of experience working as an architect of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions(device, data, apps, O365, identity etc.) for Microsoft 365. Prosci Certified Change Practitioner certification aids in her journey to digitally transform organisations. She holds many certifications such as M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, M365 Desktop Administrator Associate, SC-200, SC-300, MS-500.
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Operational efficiency

MDIoT is built from the ground up for OT security. It sends real-time alerts about device misconfigurations and malfunctions. This is an additional capability on top of the cybersecurity benefits. This capability helps the OT operations team to identify and carry out root cause analysis by flagging abnormal activities and providing full details that are needed from the OT segment and for any operational issues that may impact plant availability or product quality.

In Figure 4.10, an operational alert is highlighted to show that MDIoT is capable of recognizing misconfigurations. This functionality aids in increasing operational efficiency as admins are able to employ the necessary remediation steps:

Figure 4.10 – Screenshot of an operational alert aiding in operational efficiency

We will get into the details regarding understanding the alerts in the coming chapters.

At the end of this section, we now clearly understand the...

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804619803

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Smita Jain

Business enabler and risk management focused, Smita has a unique and globally-experienced approach to Information Security, Data Privacy, IT, OT-IoT, and Digital Transformation. Her hallmarks include transformative vision casting and strategy setting, operational and organizational excellence, and a risk-based approach to enterprise enablement. Recognized thought leader in the transformation process, re-envisioning and establishing organizational cadence and culture. With an established track record of effectively working across various industries. A cybersecurity consultant, strategist, mentor to organizations about the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and helping them build a dynamic cybersecurity program.
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Vasantha Lakshmi

Vasantha Lakshmi works at Microsoft India as a Technology Specialist and as previously a Program Manager. She holds Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certification which aids in aligning with the industry standard of security. She has been working on various security products for the last Seven years. She has more than twelve years of experience working as an architect of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions(device, data, apps, O365, identity etc.) for Microsoft 365. Prosci Certified Change Practitioner certification aids in her journey to digitally transform organisations. She holds many certifications such as M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, M365 Desktop Administrator Associate, SC-200, SC-300, MS-500.
Read more about Vasantha Lakshmi