6 Tips to Protect Your Network From Malware Attacks
Malware attacks exploiting unprotected businesses can go undetected for months. Discover six ways in which you can future proof your network and protect from malware attacks.“There’s a concerning trend in these supply-chain attacks,” says Craig Williams,…
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[Whitepaper] Integrating Security Into the IoT Strategy in the New Converged Environment
Consumers want their work, home and mobile devices to communicate together to provide information that was previously not available from isolated systems. This desire is at the root of the Internet of Things (IoT). The rise…
Size and complexity are the enemies of cybersecurity
In cybersecurity we are always faced with the chance that our system harbors some, unknown vulnerability, and the possibility that vulnerability will be discovered by some malicious actor who will then use it against our system,…
The Value of ICS Security
Nearly every presentation I give has at least a few audience members acknowledging to me that they weren’t really conscious of their own reliance on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in so many aspects of their daily…
A Historical Perspective on IT & OT Convergence
Hello IIoT World readers, and thanks for engaging with my column. Over the course of the next few months, I plan to write on a number of topics that are, individually, highly relevant to the IIoT Security…
IoT Devices – with greater connectivity comes greater vulnerabilities
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an exciting period of innovation in our lives. It describes a world of devices all connected to the internet, a world in which inanimate technology that we use and see…
Industrial Espionage is a major threat to the Manufacturing Sector
Industrial espionage is nothing new. Theft of trade secrets and corporate intellectual property (IP) such as proprietary manufacturing processes, formulas, recipes, and product designs has been happening for decades. And you probably already know this if…
Protecting IIoT with a New Approach to Cyber Defense
Measure, monitor and monetize has long been a mantra for any industry or corporation that wants to be successful with its products or services. This capability is finally ubiquitous thanks to technology being powerful enough and cost…
Stop Downplaying Threats to Critical Infrastructure
It has been an incredibly busy three months in the world of Industrial Control Systems/Critical Infrastructure cybersecurity. A drop in the bucket for what we’ve become used to in the world of IT security – but…
Industrial Cyber Security: Why IT & OT collaboration is no longer an option but a necessity
Since the mid-1990s, many industrial companies have interconnected their industrial control systems (ICSs) to improve productivity, maintenance, and safety in the operational environment. Some of this interconnectivity was to the Internet. While, this connectivity helped to…
Thoughts on the on-going global cyber attacks as they affect ICSs
For many years, there have been warnings about the cyber vulnerability of multiple infrastructures world-wide. Yet, those warnings are still not being adequately addressed. In 2004, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) provided a glimpse of what…
ICS cybersecurity experts: back up all your data to protect yourself against Petya ransomware
Less than 6 weeks after the WannaCry attack, a new ransomware called “Petya” is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware is spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows — the same…