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The cyber threat landscape today continues to pose a myriad of unique challenges. This is especially the case for industrial organizations due to factors such as aging equipment, poor design or implementation, skills gaps and a lack of visibility. Thes… Continue reading Design & Implementation of OEM ICS Cybersecurity Frameworks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Hackers are once again finding unsecured MongoDB databases carelessly left exposed on the internet, wiping their contents, and leaving a ransom note demanding a cryptocurrency payment for the data’s safe return. As ZDNet reports, ransom notes hav… Continue reading 22,900 MongoDB Databases Held to Ransom by Hacker Threatening to Report Firms for GDPR Violations
What are the brakes on a car designed to do? I have asked this question many times when speaking to customers or organizations who were dipping their toes into the audit space. Invariably, their answer was, “To stop the car.” At this point,… Continue reading Understanding the Purpose of Security Controls and the Need for Compliance
The European GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is one of the most influential consumer privacy laws that has affected 500,000 companies throughout the world. This law has played a crucial role in formulating another substantial privacy law know… Continue reading What to Expect from Brazil’s New Data Protection Law
Do you think you have found a vulnerability in the Sony PlayStation 4 or the PlayStation Network? If so, you could be heading towards a sizeable sum of money. That’s because Sony announced details of a new bug bounty program that it is running in… Continue reading Find a PlayStation 4 vulnerability and earn over $50,000
Reliability is essential to the functionality of an electric power grid. This principle guarantees that a constant qualitative and quantitative supply of electric power is flowing from a provider to businesses, homes and more. It’s what enables e… Continue reading How to Reduce the Risk of Misoperations in Your Bulk Electric Systems
Organizations protect critical assets and sensitive information from the outside world by continually updating their security controls and policies. However, the origin of a breach is not always outside of the organization, and recently, insider breach… Continue reading State of Insider Data Breaches in 2020
As smart ticketing systems and technological solutions become more prevalent in the transportation industry, the issue of transportation systems’ cybersecurity becomes a greater concern. Transportation Systems Cybersecurity is a Major Concern In … Continue reading Transportation Systems Sector Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide
Fraudsters stole more than $3.2 million from the banking division of South Africa’s post office, after – in a catastrophic breach of security – employees printed out the bank’s master key. According to South African media report… Continue reading Copied master key forces South African bank to replace 12 million cards
Cybersecurity is not a static world. You can say that it is a social system, it affects and is affected by its surrounding environment. For example, back in 2018, it was the GDPR that shook the foundations of security and privacy by making the protecti… Continue reading The COVID-19 Pandemic Dominates the Cybersecurity World