CISOs to Watch in California’s Utilities Industry

California’s utilities sector depends on CISOs who can protect critical infrastructure while supporting the safe, reliable delivery of essential services. The executives in this feature work across electric, gas, and water systems ...

Practical Steps for Utilities to Align with CIP 15 Security Goals

When you look at how fast cyber threats are evolving, especially against critical infrastructure, it’s clear we’re in uncharted territory. We’ve seen ransomware attacks knock entire power grids offline and supply chain ...
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DEF CON Calls for Cybersecurity Volunteers to Defend Critical Infrastructure

DEF CON conference organizations are looking for volunteers to join a Franklin initiative to help secure critical infrastructure and school systems that lack the expertise required to defend themselves against cyberattacks ...
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OT/ICS Security in the Power Sector

Complete Guide to OT/ICS Security in the Power Sector

Electricity, a resource often taken for granted, is the lifeblood of our modern world, powering our daily lives, industries, and economies. But the systems that generate, transmit, and distribute this essential resource ...
Looking ahead of CEA guidelines to secure the power sector in India

Looking ahead of CEA guidelines to secure the power sector in India

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India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) issued the Cyber Security in Power Sector Guidelines 2021 in October 2021. The comprehensive guidelines are intended to help all power sector entities in India take measured ...
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How Cybersecurity Delays Critical Infrastructure Modernization

Cybersecurity concerns relating to the protection of data are having a significant impact on the modernization (or lack thereof) of critical and public utility infrastructure, with many utility companies failing to adopt ...
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Cybersecurity considerations and recommendations for securing distributed energy resources on power grids

Cybersecurity considerations and recommendations for securing distributed energy resources on power grids

A recent report prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy highlights the cybersecurity considerations to ...

What Makes Telecommunication Companies Such a Fertile Ground for Attack?

Telecommunication is the first, and most robust network ever invented.  This may seem like a brazen and bold statement, but when examined closely, it is not the stuff of fantasy.  Prior to ...

Industrial Remote Access: Why It’s Not Something to Fear

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 ...

A Utility Company’s Barriers to Successful Network Oversight

The only truly workable network solution must bridge the inherent gaps that exist throughout [infrastructure] systems. It must also be capable enough to root out hidden vulnerabilities ripe for hacking ...