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Digital attackers are increasingly targeting energy organizations including those that support national electric grids. As reported by Morning Consult, security researchers found that utilities worldwide had suffered a recorded 1,780 distributed denial… Continue reading 4 Key Cybersecurity Trends Confronting Canada’s Electric Sector
Increased uptime? Check. Better access to outside expertise? Check. Improved first-time-fix rate? Check. These are just some of the benefits of industrial remote access. Yet many customers are reluctant to embrace remote access. Not only that, but inci… Continue reading Industrial Remote Access: Why It’s Not Something to Fear
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released in November 2020 its “Cybersecurity in Railways” report to raise awareness about the cybersecurity challenges facing Europe’s railways. The report identifies the current cybersecurity status … Continue reading Cybersecurity Challenges for the European Railways
In the digital age, organizations and the missions and business processes they support rely on information technology and information systems to achieve their mission and business objectives. Not only is technology used to efficiently enable businesses… Continue reading NIST Cybersecurity Framework – The Key to Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resiliency
A few years ago, I worked alongside some oil commodity traders. Environmental concerns aside, I never realized how many parts were required to get the oil out of the ground, not to mention everything else that finally resulted in the production of refi… Continue reading Improving Your Security Posture with the Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative
Digital threats confronting Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) are on the rise. That’s because attackers are increasingly going after the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that shareholders use to protect these assets… Continue reading 5 Key Security Challenges Facing Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
Organisations are still underestimating the risks created by insufficiently secured operational technology (OT). One current example comes from Germany. According to a report by heise.de, external security testers consider it “likely” that a successful… Continue reading Key OT Cybersecurity Challenges: Availability, Integrity and Confidentiality
In October, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its “2020 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits.” The report summarizes the Commission’s observations from Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) a… Continue reading FERC Releases Staff Report on Lessons Learned from CIP Audits
Hacked air conditioning and plummeting elevators? Imagine that you are in an elevator in a high rise building when suddenly the elevator starts to plummet with no apparent stopping mechanism other than the concrete foundation below. While this may sou… Continue reading Is Cybersecurity Smart Enough to Protect Automated Buildings?
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