Customer Customer Requirement Waterfall’s Unidirectional Solution CYBER THREATS TO THE CHEMICAL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT The consequences of compromise of control systems and of losing sensitive intellectual property in chemical processing are unacceptable. Attacks tampering with control system software can cause unscheduled downtime, equipment damage, threats to site personnel and even public safety. The theft of confidential recipes or processing configurations can eliminate compet - itive advantage for an enterprise which has invested significantly in R&D. Industrial security regulations urge operators to use cybersecurity best practices to secure IT/OT interconnection in order to protect against cyber attacks and IP theft. Best practices increasingly point out that software-only

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