According to an article published by Trend Micro: “in 2018, digital extortion will be at the core of most cybercriminals’ business model and will propel them into other schemes that will get their hands on potentially…
As you evaluate ICS cyber security solutions to protect your critical infrastructure from threats, there are a few criteria your team must consider throughout the process. We've compiled a checklist to help you select a solution…
Last week, the cyber security focus was on the four natural gas pipeline companies that had their electronic data interfaces, not control systems, hacked. However, from a control and safety system perspective, I believe the more…
There are two worlds of computer security - high-end systems and then everything else. Both high- and low-end systems typically employ “top-down” defenses to harden their attack surfaces. These are “software-only” security techniques. High-end and specialized…
Power grid outages driven by malware, dam control system attacks, vehicle onboard system hijacking: recent incidents like these show how critical cybersecurity has become in connected operational technology. But if you think OT is “just IT…
The Industrial Internet Consortium published today the Endpoint Security Best Practices white paper. The intended audience includes industrial equipment manufacturers, integrators, and industrial equipment owners and operators. All can benefit by obtaining a clear description of what countermeasures…
Cyberattacks against financial companies such as JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup and vendors such as Target, eBay, and Home Depot have received so much media attention these past years. Unknown to many, smart manufacturing companies are also…
Even before the major denial-of-service attack that took down power in the Ukraine in December 2015, industrial systems experts had been growing more restive about the mounting insecurities of these mission critical systems. That attack brought…
It is well documented that IoT devices have introduced new security risks. Most IoT devices must interface to cloud based management and analytics engines and therefore support a TCP/IP stack for this communication. Our IoT endpoint…
Nowadays, cyber-attacks are automated but still under human direction and control, and therefore cyber defenses must also be automated to have any chance of protecting cyber and digital assets from both the automated attacks and the…
Two years ago, mobile technologies were widespread, but IoT mania was only beginning. Today, no one is surprised at the appearance of an IIoT. The idea of putting your logging, monitoring, and even supervisory/control functions in…
There are two sides to the cybersecurity fence when addressing threats and other concerns. The first side is what we're most familiar with in corporate IT or Information Technology (IT). The other side of the cybersecurity…