Critical Infrastructure Security
Before the Lights Go Out
How the ColorTokens Xshield platform and its integrated ecosystem stand between North America’s power grid and digital adversaries. Note: AI generated image, please ignore errors. Let us not pretend that the threat ...
CISA on Life Support
The latest shutdown may be temporary, but the damage at CISA is not. Staffing cuts, stalled leadership and political crossfire have hollowed out what was once a bright spot in federal cybersecurity ...
The Ghost in the Machine
A recent report described the discovery of a cellular device embedded in a solar power inverter, which was not documented or known to be present until the device was dismantled and physically ...
US and Other Countries Outline Principles for Securing OT
US security agencies and international counterparts list six principles critical infrastructure organizations should hold onto to ensure their OT environments are protected against the rising tide of cyberthreats coming their way ...
CISA Warns Phobos Ransomware Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure
Phobos, a complex ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that has been around for five years and is includes multiple variants, continues to target a range of critical infrastructure in the United States, including education, ...
5 Reasons the Public Sector Must Move Away From Legacy IT
Legacy IT software is costing the taxpayer, it’s damaging the security of public services infrastructure and it’s bad for the environment—something governments drastically need to address in the next 10 years if ...
The Challenge of Regulatory Compliance for Critical Infrastructure
Healthcare has HIPAA. Credit cards and electronic payments have PCI DSS. Consumers have GDPR and CCPA. There is an alphabet soup of regulatory compliance requirements that many industries must follow to offer ...
Of Pipelines And Cybersecurity
One of the scariest phrases I have ever encountered is “gasoline pipeline” –thousands of miles of three foot diameter pipes buried in the ground for decades carrying billions of gallons of one ...
Throwback Thursday: Whatever happened to Stuxnet?
Whatever happened to Stuxnet? Since it destroyed hundreds of centrifuges at a nuclear enrichment facility in Iran in 2010, the worm’s been quiet—but not idle. Compared to many of its malware colleagues, ...
President’s ‘cybersecurity moonshot’: Transformational or pie in the sky?
Making the internet safe and secure in 10 years isn’t going to be easy, if it’s even possible. And that’s why NSTAC’s new proposal is a cyber security moonshot. Stop me if ...
