EXPERT VIDEO SERIES
Bridging the Gap Between IT and OT: Expert Interview Series, Wayne Dorris, Axis Communications
The cybersecurity landscape is changing rapidly. With the rise of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and the emergence of the cloud, the number of endpoints has increased dramatically,…
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THREATS & VULNERABILITies
Attacks on critical national infrastructure escalate with Colonial Pipeline hack
The vulnerability of U.S. critical national infrastructure was again thrown into sharp relief when a ransomware attack shut down a pipeline that provides the East Coast with nearly half of its…
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Throwback Attack: DuPont employee walks away with $400 million in intellectual property
The majority of cybersecurity efforts are focused on preventing outside bad actors from hacking into systems or installing destructive malware – and rightfully so. But there is also a sizable…
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Rise in Ransomware Attacks: Expert Interview Series, Wayne Dorris, Axis Communications
If one thing is clear in the cybersecurity universe, it’s that the prevalence of ransomware attacks is surging. According to the annual Bitdefender Consumer Threat Report, there was a 485%…
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Throwback Attack: Lessons from the Aurora vulnerability
Lessons can be learned from prior cybersecurity efforts, even older ones, as this 2007 demonstration showed. Are you aware of the eight ways to mitigate the Aurora vulnerability? In 2007, the…
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STRATEGIES
Proactive management of plant cybersecurity
A combination of information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) cybersecurity expertise is required to manage the influx of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices and…
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Work From Home Revolution: Expert Interview Series, Tyler Whitaker, Leading2Lean
COVID-19 has impacted just about every aspect of how we go about our daily lives in the last year, but it has also introduced some major cybersecurity challenges. The abrupt closure of most…
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Why cyber hygiene is needed when developing a risk-based cybersecurity approach
A risk-based approach to cybersecurity without basic cyber hygiene is a fool’s errand, leading to short-term prioritizations and a game of musical chairs where you hope you aren’t the one left…
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Industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity advice, best practices
Catastrophic disaster can be the result of insecure industrial cybersecurity practices. See six common entry points for attacks, eight cybersecurity precautions for attacks by type, and four…
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IIoT & CLOUD
Securing cloud data is a challenge for many companies
To accommodate remote work and improve efficiency, 85% of IT organizations are considering or already using the public cloud. However, with some of their most crucial data still located within…
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Smartphone apps may connect to vulnerable cloud servers
Cybersecurity researchers at Georgia Tech and Ohio State have discovered vulnerabilities in the backend systems that feed content and advertising to smartphone applications through a network…
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Five digital transformation trends in manufacturing for 2021
As much as the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for its chilling effect on business and economic activity, apparently it has had quite the opposite impact on industry’s zest for digital…
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How cybersecurity is affecting control and automation
Learning Objectives Cybersecurity global standards from IEC, ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance and UL help lower risk. Cybersecurity education and training. The Industrial Internet of Things…
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NEWSLETTER
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EDUCATION BEAT
Introduction to Cybersecurity within Cyber-Physical Systems
Cyber-physical systems serve as the foundation and the invention base of the modern society making them critical to both government and business.
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NETWORKS
How to ensure OT cybersecurity
Securing operational technology (OT) networks and increasing network durability are key to enhancing operational resilience, as OT network protection still lags information technology (IT)…
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Five essential security functions for hybrid networks
Organizations have distributed data and workloads across cloud environments and on-premises data centers. As a result, IT teams have to deploy, manage, and secure increasingly complex and…
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Selecting HMI remote access options
Two leading methods exist for establishing mobile human-machine interface (HMI) connectivity; one providing more cybersecurity. See table comparison of remote access HMI connections.
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How to achieve remote automation success
The world we live in is not the same world we once knew. Unprecedented global events and new technological advances are forcing manufacturers to adapt and work in an ever-evolving, more remote…
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IT/OT
Overcome patch, management vulnerabilities in an OT environment
A vulnerability is a weakness in a computing resource that can be exploited to cause harm. Mitigating vulnerability risk is accomplished through an effective vulnerability…
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SolarWinds’ impact on OT for manufacturers
The SolarWinds hack has been a major topic of discussion of late. The software is used to monitor applications and networks at thousands of companies and most importantly…
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Keeping OT environments cybersecure
The convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), the wider connectivity of OT with external networks, and the growing number of Industrial…
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Securing OT systems from cybersecurity attacks
As the technologies to bridge the divide between the worlds of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) within a plant have become more established, the…
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FACILITIES
How security by design might have stopped Oldsmar HMI attack
Now that the dust has settled a bit around the cyber attack at the Oldsmar water facility in Florida, and everyone has made their sales pitch, this is a good time to…
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How to approach IoT cybersecurity for smart buildings
The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is making buildings more complex and dynamic, with hundreds of devices connecting to disparate systems to perform a wide…
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Sustainable cybersecurity architecture for safety instrumented systems
Choosing a safety instrumented system (SIS) architecture for defensible operation across the product lifecycle is one of the first decisions an organization must make; know…
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Creating a threat-informed defense for a facility
The MITRE ATT&CK for ICS Matrix provides a common nomenclature that allows asset owners, security researchers and consultants, internal defenders and product vendors to…
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REGULATIONS
What the IEC 62443 standard does for industrial cybersecurity
IEC 62443 is the international standard for the security for industrial automation control systems (IACS). It was set up almost twenty years ago by a group of volunteers…
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Cybersecurity certification may soon be required for manufacturers
Many manufacturers do business with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) directly or through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other contractors. The industry is…
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NeoSystems, a strategic IT service company, recognized with CMMC certification
Pulse Points: NeoSystems, an IT systems integrator, has been recognized as an RPO by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Accreditation Board (AB). The…
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System integrators need to comply with IEC 62433 cybersecurity requirements
System integrators need to ensure that their automation systems are IEC 62443-compliant to adhere to international cybersecurity requirements.
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