A High Assurance Approach to Securing Network Infrastructure
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A High Assurance Approach to Securing Network Infrastructure

The inconvenient truth is that our current cybersecurity tools and methods are not a match for today’s sophisticated attackers who will target any exposed surface looking for vulnerabilities. Attackers need to only succeed once, while defenders must successfully protect their systems every time against all possible threats. Even the most security-conscious organizations aren’t immune to […]

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Automotive Security – A Security Assurance Framework for Automotive Industry
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Automotive Security – A Security Assurance Framework for Automotive Industry

With the inter-connectivity of devices becoming ever more present in our lives, it’s vital to bring security standards up to par. In the automotive industry, this can be especially difficult owing to its many unique properties that make the problems of automotive security unique to the industry. Considering how different automotive domain is from all […]

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Are We Doomed to Repeat the Past When it Come to Hacking?
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Are We Doomed to Repeat the Past When it Come to Hacking?

On an almost weekly basis, another organization or government agency owns up to having been “hacked” – admitting that its systems have been breached. For every company that discloses an issue, there are likely 20 – 30 more that keep it under wraps. We know this because more than half of all U.S. businesses have been hacked. […]

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Asset subscribership: What can Industrial market learn from Automotive?
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Asset subscribership: What can Industrial market learn from Automotive?

The year 2018 and beyond is poised to be an era of industrial. The industrial market comprises of process industries (oil and gas – up-, mid-, downstream, chemicals, power), discrete (automotive, A&D, electronics, etc.) and hybrids (pharma, F&B, etc.). Every market specified here is undergoing a disruption by digital. At Frost & Sullivan – we […]

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[IIC Whitepaper] Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication
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[IIC Whitepaper] Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication

The internet is now redefining industries like energy, manufacturing, transportation and healthcare. This new wave is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): an internet of things, machines, computers and people, enabling intelligent industrial operations using advanced data analytics for transformational business outcomes, according to Industrial Internet Consortium Industrial Internet Vocabulary, Version 1.0, May 7, 2015. The […]

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In the Digital Transformation era, speed and scale are of the top essence
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In the Digital Transformation era, speed and scale are of the top essence

What do the likes of Mercedes-Benz, GE, Ford, Humana, Philips, LockheedMartin and Indian Railways have in common? Irrespective of the diverse domains they are posited, each of them is in a phase of transformation…Digital Transformation. As the convergence of algorithms, cloud, things, and data drives tectonic shifts across industries, bellwether companies are forced to break […]

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Daniel Ehrenreich, Consultant & Trainer
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Daniel Ehrenreich, Consultant & Trainer

Formal Education:  B.Sc. Electronics: Graduated 1975  Business Administration: Study 2008  CISSP Course: Study 2014  ISO 27001- 2013 Certified Lead Auditor: Study 2017 Languages:  English, Hebrew, Hungarian Current Activity: Consultant & Trainer, SCCE-Secure Communications and Control Experts LinkedIn: Click here. Personal Qualifications:  Over 25 years of experience with Supervisory Control […]

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Commercial Availability of Self-Service Cyberhardening Technology
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Commercial Availability of Self-Service Cyberhardening Technology

RunSafe Security, the pioneer of a patented cyberhardening process for vulnerable embedded systems, devices and industrial control systems (ICS), has announced the commercial availability of Alkemist, a proprietary self-service technology built to reduce vulnerabilities and deny malware the uniformity needed to execute. Previously known as Software Guardian, Alkemist uses remotely deployable software binary runtime application self-protection […]

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US Intelligence says Cyber Threat Warning Lights are Blinking Red
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US Intelligence says Cyber Threat Warning Lights are Blinking Red

Why Industrial Operations are not Immune Recently, US intelligence chief Dan Coats remarked in a talk at the Hudson Institute that ‘the warning lights are blinking red again’ on cyber attacks, as they were before the Sept 11 attacks in 2001. While Coats addressed most of his comments to the country’s digital infrastructure, he mentioned […]

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Use of IoT and OEE for improving the performance of production
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Use of IoT and OEE for improving the performance of production

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the most reliable practices metric for measuring manufacturing productivity. OEE is used as a baseline and benchmark to measure the utilization of a manufacturing operation or piece of equipment. Many uses OEE numbers to trace the progress of the company’s production quality over time. Benchmarks for OEE An OEE score […]

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Is Malware hiding in your ICS Network?
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Is Malware hiding in your ICS Network?

Most industrial organizations still consider their ICS networks to be safe from common cyber threats that mainly target IT networks. However, two recent cryptocurrency mining incidents demonstrate that  ICS networks are not “sterile” from unwanted software. Moreover, the fact that these cyber incidents took place at critical infrastructure facilities in Europe and Russia shatters the myth that […]

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4.0 Reasons Why Edge Computing is Relevant for Industry 4.0
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4.0 Reasons Why Edge Computing is Relevant for Industry 4.0

Adopting Industry 4.0 practices could be critical for your business. And edge computing could be critical for your Industry 4.0 adoption plans. What is Industrial Edge Computing? Industrial edge computing means connecting all the benefits used in manufacturing, like energy and transportation. This allows companies to save, process and analyze data locally, in real time, […]

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