In April 2021, the U.S. government announced a new effort to protect industrial control systems (ICS) from cyberattacks. For the cybersecurity community, the announcement may come as no surprise. Vulnerabilities…
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Expert Interview: How to Secure Critical Infrastructure With Operational Technology
In April 2021, the U.S. government announced a new effort to protect industrial control systems (ICS) from cyberattacks. For the cybersecurity community, the announcement may come as no surprise. Vulnerabilities…
The IT-OT Connection: How the Two Work Together
Where hardware meets software, attackers can sneak in. More and more, threat actors are targeting Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT). IBM X-Force found that the number of…
Manufacturing Cybersecurity Threats and How To Face Them
With manufacturing cybersecurity threats on the rise, what should companies know about protecting their digital assets in the future? Risks to Security in Manufacturing The number of ransomware incidents involving…
Securing Travel and Transportation Operations
Transportation networks are foundational to our modern way of life. The current restrictions on global movement and the corresponding reduction in demand for travel and transportation services, while profound, are temporary.…
Securing Travel and Transportation Operations
Transportation networks are foundational to our modern way of life. The current restrictions on global movement and the corresponding reduction in demand for travel and transportation services, while profound, are temporary.…
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…
Modernizing Threat Management for the Evolving Attack Surfaces of OT, IoT and IoMT
The traditional threat landscape comprised of conventional IT assets is difficult enough to protect, detect and respond to, but the landscape seems to be quickly expanding beyond traditional IT. Those…
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…