News August 23, 2023

Securing critical infrastructure with the carrot and stick

4 min read - It wasn’t long ago that cybersecurity was a fringe topic of interest. Now, headline-making breaches impact large numbers of everyday citizens. Entire cities find themselves under cyberattack. In a short time, cyber has taken an important place in the national…

Risk Management July 10, 2023

CSC report: Space systems should be critical infrastructure

4 min read - In 2013, Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21 established 16 critical infrastructure sectors responsible for providing essential services that underpin American society. These services are not only vital to the country’s safety and prosperity but are inherently tied to public confidence.…

News June 26, 2023

High-impact attacks on critical infrastructure climb 140%

4 min read - Prior to the pandemic, cyber-sabotage attacks on manufacturing plants were non-existent. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. As per a recent report, attacks that led to physical consequences in process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing and critical industrial infrastructures impacted over 150…

Risk Management April 18, 2023

Secure-by-design: A 2023 cybersecurity prime

4 min read - The traditional approach to security has been to get the product to market fast and worry about security later. Unfortunately, that approach has never really worked. It puts too much of the cybersecurity responsibilities on the customer and leaves many…

Risk Management February 20, 2023

The growing threat to critical infrastructure

5 min read - In August 2022, the threat intelligence and cybersecurity company Cyble found 8,000 virtual network computing (VNC) instances exposed online. Additionally, this research revealed that most of these ports are in the United States, China and Sweden — putting many critical…

Zero Trust September 28, 2022

Cost of a Data Breach: Infrastructure

4 min read - During the pandemic, businesses and consumers saw firsthand what happens when infrastructure fails. In 2019, the global critical infrastructure protection (CIP) market size was valued at $96.30 billion. It is predicted to grow to $154.59 billion by 2027, with a…

Cloud Security March 24, 2022

Blast From the Past: What the Y2K Bug Reveals About Cybersecurity Today

6 min read - “The End of the World!?!” That’s what the cover of TIME Magazine said for its January 18, 1999 issue. Over two decades ago, the industrialized world was gripped by panic over the so-called Y2K bug. Also called the Millennium Bug,…

CISO March 18, 2019

The Biggest Stories From RSAC 2019: What Scares the Cybersecurity Experts?

4 min read - When the perspectives of CISOs and experts at RSAC 2019 are viewed as a continuum, you can begin to see a story emerging about the state of cybersecurity in 2019.

Energy & Utility February 6, 2019

To Improve Critical Infrastructure Security, Bring IT and OT Together

4 min read - Strong collaboration between IT and OT is a critical step in improving the security of critical infrastructure systems.

Risk Management February 4, 2019

Manage Emerging Cybersecurity Risks by Rallying Around Mutual Concerns

3 min read - Chief information security officers (CISOs) are looking for ways to set the tone for the year and have more engaged conversations with top leadership regarding cybersecurity risks.