Palo Alto report: 68% of critical infrastructure firms lack OT asset visibility

A Palo Alto Networks report by Sapio Research, based on a survey of over 1,600 leaders in 11 countries, found that 68% of critical infrastructure organizations lack complete real-time visibility into connected OT assets, and 60% suffered a security incident affecting operations in the past year. Firms use an average of seven separate security tools, and 51% still rely on manual alert review.

• 68% of organizations lack full real-time visibility into OT assets
• 60% experienced a security incident affecting operations in the past year
• Firms use an average of seven separate security systems
• 95% are concerned about attacks powered by frontier AI models