You have been asked to make an “operational technologies” presentation as part of a panel discussion at your company’s next senior leadership meeting. The topic for this panel is Cybersecurity for Operational Tech. The panel moderator, your company’s Chief Technology Officer, has asked the speakers to each focus on one of four categories Operational Technology (OT) which the company uses or produces as a product. These categories are:

Distribution Monitoring & Control for Utility Infrastructures (pipelines & transmission grids)

Advanced Manufacturing Systems (factories & manufacturing)

Precision Agriculture

• Geographic Location Systems
• Pick one of these categories. Research technologies which fit into your category (in the context of the Internet of things). Then present a summary of your research and findings as a background paper to be shared with the moderator and other panelists prior to the meeting. At a minimum, your background paper must address the following questions.
• 1. What is your selected category? (Name and describe it.)
• 2. What are the leading products and/or technologies in your selected category? (Name and describe at least three.)

3. How do these products and technologies contribute to society? (What are the benefits / what features or capabilities do they provide?)

4. What emerging risks to privacy and security have been identified for technologies in your selected category?