Public anxiety mounts over critical infrastructure resilience to cyber attacks

With temporary failures of critical infrastructure on the rise in the recent years, 81% of US residents are worried about how secure critical infrastructure may be, according to MITRE and The Harris Poll. Public views cyberattacks as greatest risk to c… Continue reading Public anxiety mounts over critical infrastructure resilience to cyber attacks

Confronted with Chinese hacking threat, industrial cybersecurity pros ask: What else is new? 

At the world’s largest industrial cybersecurity conference, Beijing’s operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure was just one concern among many.

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Top cybersecurity officials stress more funding for federal agencies

Coker and Easterly applaud recommendations around cyber-physical resilience laid out in a new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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What resources do small utilities need to defend against cyberattacks?

In the country’s mission to protect critical infrastructure, more can be done to defend small community water, electricity and gas providers against cyber threats.

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed

This collection of free cybersecurity guides covers a broad range of topics, from resources for developing cybersecurity programs to specific guides for various sectors and organizations. Whether you work for a small business, a large corporation, or a… Continue reading 10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed

Email security trends in the energy and infrastructure sector

In this Help Net Security video, Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security, discusses how energy and infrastructure organizations face an increased risk of business email compromise and vendor email compromise attacks. According to Abnormal Security data… Continue reading Email security trends in the energy and infrastructure sector

Major shifts in identity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure threat trends

In this Help Net Security video, Michelle Alvarez, Strategic Threat Analysis Manager at IBM X-Force, discusses the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing top threats and trends the team observed last year across its global engagements and ho… Continue reading Major shifts in identity, ransomware, and critical infrastructure threat trends

Dragos CEO: Digitization in critical infrastructure will spur attacks 

Robert M. Lee expects the water sector to face greater risk of cyberattack as the industry moves to adopt digital technologies. 

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JCDC’s strategic shift: Prioritizing cyber hardening

In this Help Net Security interview, Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of Xage Security, discusses the evolution of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) since its 2021 inception and tackles its 2024 strategic priorities in response to escalating cyber thre… Continue reading JCDC’s strategic shift: Prioritizing cyber hardening

White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation

The White House is asking the technical community to switch to using memory-safe programming languages – such as Rust, Python, Swift, C#, Java, and Go – to prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem. Accor… Continue reading White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation