The Biden administration will put more critical infrastructure sectors, such as water, under mandates to ensure minimal cybersecurity standards. The White House is also ramping up interest in consumer cybersecurity by initiating a labeling program for the internet of things.
Planning and implementing attacks to modify or disrupt the expected functionality of OT systems requires extensive capabilities to gather information about the target, gain access to IT and OT networks, move across intermediary systems and exploit weaknesses in production systems. By enhancing their visibility into...
The U.S. federal agency responsible for the ongoing functionality of the nuclear weapons stockpile hasn't gotten its arms around how to secure operational technology, says the Government Accountability Office. More than 200,000 unique pieces of OT are deployed across nuclear weapon centers.
Modern process manufacturing leverages unprecedented levels of connectivity to increase productivity and reduce cost. Nearly all of today’s manufacturing architectures have external connections to operations assets – exposing technology, processes, and intellectual property to cyber threats. Ransomware, phishing,...
CISA is months behind a deadline set by President Biden in 2021 to provide voluntary guidance on OT security controls for critical infrastructure firms, but the agency announced at a House subcommittee hearing its plans for public-private information sharing and grants to smaller organizations.
In this episode of "Cybersecurity Unplugged," Mark Cristiano of Rockwell Automation discusses Rockwell's cybersecurity journey, the particular challenges of deploying cybersecurity in an OT environment, and the minimum and proper industrial protections that organizations need to have in place.
CISO Marcin Szczepanik recalls when his team's budget was cut dramatically after the onset of the pandemic. He wanted to invest in the latest state-of-the-art tools but prioritized his costs and focused on email security - a move that improved the company's level of cyber maturity.
In the latest "Proof of Concept," VP and CISO Nicole Darden Ford shares findings from Rockwell Automation's new survey report on cybersecurity preparedness in critical infrastructure, OT security gaps, the state of critical infrastructure, and insights into preparedness and best practices.
A recent survey sponsored by Rockwell Automation finds that critical infrastructure organizations miss basic protections for operational technology, with 80% failing to conduct frequent asset inventory audits, 63% lacking real-time threat monitoring and 42% needing effective patch management.
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs released the latest Global Threat Landscape Report - a view of events observed during the first half of 2022. Learn how actors target vulnerabilities, build malicious infrastructure and exploit their targets. The report also covers threat trends affecting IT and OT.
The Cl0p ransomware group has been attempting to extort Thames Water, a public utility in England. Just one problem: the group attacked an entirely different water provider. Through ineptitude or outright lying, this isn't the first time that a ransomware group has claimed the wrong victim.
Security executives at Black Hat USA 2022 discuss the latest cybersecurity trends from confidential computing and unified threat hunting languages to attack surface management and recovery services, social engineering campaigns and blockchain vulnerabilities.
Around 90% of OT organizations experienced an intrusion in the past year, 78% experienced more than three intrusions. As OT vulnerability gaps are growing daily, securing your critical infrastructure has never been more important.
View this panel to hear from the former CTO of Microsoft, a former Israeli Naval...
Cyberattacks aren't just an annoyance but have real-world effects. Case in point: ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline and on food processor JBS. IBM Security's Chris McCurdy discusses these developments and security scenarios emerging from the cyber-physical fusion.
Are You Prepared To Deal With Rising OT Cybersecurity Threats?
Critical Infrastructure organizations increasingly realize that downtime from cyberattack can be catastrophic. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, for example, resulted in 5 days of downtime, millions of dollars in ransoms, recovery and federal...
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