Ransomware. Five years ago, the cybersecurity community knew that term well, although among others it was far from dinner table conversation. Times have changed. Since early 2020, ransomware has hit…
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A New Cybersecurity Executive Order Puts the Heat on Critical Infrastructure Suppliers
Ransomware. Five years ago, the cybersecurity community knew that term well, although among others it was far from dinner table conversation. Times have changed. Since early 2020, ransomware has hit…
A New Directive for Pipeline Operators Puts Cybersecurity in the Spotlight
It’s no secret that cyberattacks against critical infrastructure are increasing. The recent attacks against water treatment plants, pipelines, vital hospital systems and food processing facilities have all made recent headlines…
Critical Business Operations Are At Risk, and Companies Are Not Making This a Priority
Many companies around the world with industrial operations environments, commonly referred to as operational technology (OT) environments, do not invest the same resources to protect OT systems as they do…
S3 Ep32: AirTag jailbreak, Dell vulns, and a never-ending scam [Podcast]
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Gain Visibility Into Operational Technology (OT) Environments With a Combined SOC
Operational technology (OT) encompasses many aspects of our world, including industrial control systems (ICS) that are used to control core operational processes. ICS technologies often control essential services such as…
Leverage ATT&CK for ICS to Secure Industrial Control Systems
Not too many of us have directly experienced the unavailability of a critical service or infrastructure (e.g., power outages, unavailability of hospital data, etc.), but we as a security community…
What the Explosive Growth in ICS-Infrastructure Targeting Means for Security Leaders
The recently published IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020 pointed out that over 8.5 billion records were compromised in 2019, a figure that’s more than 200 percent greater than the…
X-Force Threat Intelligence Index Reveals Top Cybersecurity Risks of 2020
The volume of threats that security teams see on a daily basis can make it especially difficult to look at the big picture when it comes to developing an effective…
How Will 5G Deployment Impact Smart Cities?
5G technology is fast — I mean, really fast. I didn’t realize just how far ahead of 4G technology it was until I visited a vendor booth at a recent…