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Introduction Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, or SCADA, is a system used in many industries, including in the nation’s critical infrastructure, to help with maintaining efficiency, data…
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If you worked in a US company in the utilities sector and received an email notification telling you that you’ve failed your “Fundamentals of Engineering” NCEES exam, would you download the attached Word file to check what’s up?… Continue reading US utilities targeted with spear-phishing emails impersonating engineering licensing board
As manufacturers and other industrial network owners are becoming more security conscious, they are coming up against security performance issues. Operational Technology (OT) networks are increasingly becoming targets for cyberattacks, yet many of the … Continue reading The need for scalable OT security
The sheer volume of data created by the Internet of Things (IoT) is increasing dramatically as the world is becoming progressively more connected. There is projected to be a mind-boggling 75 billion IoT devices in the world by 2025. Meanwhile, edge com… Continue reading IIoT risks of relying heavily on edge computing
Over the past few years, cyber threats aimed at a number of critical infrastructure targets have drawn our attention to the security of mission critical networks. These threats have included power grids in Ukraine and Ireland, U.S. energy companies and… Continue reading Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks
News, via the astonishingly prolific security writer Dan Goodin, editing, and reporting at Ars Technica, tells the tale of oil and gas network attacks in the United States, by a group monikered Xenotime. Think we’re protected? Think again. Read the Dr… Continue reading ICS Attacks, The Real National Emergency
ICS cybersecurity threats remain high and present evolving challenges, a new SANS report reveals. However, since the last SANS OT/ICS report released in 2017, a growing majority of organizations have significantly matured their security postures over t… Continue reading Organizations are advancing their efforts, investing in OT cybersecurity programs
The paradigm shift brought forth by Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is significantly enhancing the digital and connectivity capabilities of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across multiple verticals including manufacturing, oi… Continue reading Industrial cybersecurity strategies need a radical rethink and should be built from the ground up
A superlative bit of combinatorial scholarship coming out of St. Louis University, where Sean Hartling, Vasit Sagan, Paheding Sidike, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang and Joshua Carron have lashed-up geospatial sciences, machine learning, UAVs, and no-small… Continue reading When a Tree Falls in St. Louis, Will the Power Go Out?
Malicious actors are targeting critical infrastructure (CNI) sites and energy distribution facilities exponentially. Interconnected systems in the energy industry increase vulnerabilities, and cyber attacks often go undetected for some time. As energy … Continue reading Cyber espionage and sabotage attacks pose an increasing threat to the energy industry