FIELD INSIGHT | MICHAEL COLLINS

The question that comes back to bite projects isn't which protocol you picked. It's who owns the OT network. IT owns the office side. The controls team owns the machine logic. And the network in between, the one running the whole floor, everybody assumes somebody else has it. Then a patch is due, or something gets in, and it turns out that network was nobody's job. Ask the ownership question in the design meeting, out loud, and write down the name. It's the cheapest insurance on the project and almost nobody buys it until after they've needed it.