The rapid expansion of the attack surface exacerbates the demand on security professional and presents a scenario where dropping the ball on security is most likely to happen. For many cyber physical organizations, OT is the fuel that drives the success of the business. Failure to integrate IT and OT environments means that production lags behind demand and market share can be quickly lost to competitors that are simply more nimble. Failure to take the wide range of security issues into account when converging these two very different networks and networking philosophies can result in catastrophic network failures.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3366376/digital-convergence-s-impact-on-ot-security.html