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One year later: security debt makes me WannaCry
WannaCry rocked the world one year ago, but there are still lessons for us to unpack about the debt we still have to pay to be secure.
White House axes cyber czar role; DHS unveils new cybersecurity strategy
The White House eliminated the top cybersecurity coordinator position even as Homeland Security warned that "our cyber adversaries can now threaten the very fabric of our republic itself."
SirenJack: Hackers can hijack emergency alert sirens with a $35 radio and laptop
Emergency alert systems manufactured by Acoustic Technology Inc. can be hijacked and made to play any audio thanks to a vulnerability dubbed SirenJack.
Combating cyber threats in critical infrastructure through due diligence
Regardless of the implementation method, it’s important for critical infrastructure industries to assess their cybersecurity risks and to protect themselves. An optimal way to start is to adopt the NIST CSF, which will bring depth and...
8 questions to ask about your industrial control systems security
Do you have a real cybersecurity-focused ICS strategy in place, or are you force-fitting IT security policies on your industrial control systems?
Insecure by design: What you need to know about defending critical infrastructure
Patching is useless most of the time, industrial control systems (ICS) security expert tells Senate committee.
The global cyber war is heating up: Why businesses should be worried
From NotPetya's global disruption to North Korea's digital plundering of financial institutions, state-sponsored cyber attacks should be top of mind for business leaders. Here's how to defend against them.
What happens if... disaster recovery for the smart city and beyond
Using disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) for smart distributed data.
Data as a smart superstructure: a warning to the wise
Only by having a robust data governance stance can we hope to, not only protect our individual critical infrastructure sectors but the city and its citizens.
Salted Hash Ep 14: Are mass transit systems the next big target?
This week Salted Hash talks with Stan Engelbrecht, director of the cybersecurity practice at D3 Security, about the inherent flaws in security defenses for public transportation systems -- and what can be done.
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Are mass transit systems the next cybersecurity target? | Salted Hash Ep 14
Host Steve Ragan talks with Stan Engelbrecht, director of the cybersecurity practice at D3 Security, about the inherent flaws in security defenses for public transportation systems -- and what can be done.
Defeating 21st Century pirates: the maritime industry and cyberattacks
An increasingly digitized maritime industry needs to keep up with cybersecurity.
Protecting business assets
Identifying business assets and connecting your security program to them.
Securing the digital transformation of our critical infrastructure
We must ask how to better protect the critical systems we all rely on.
Cyber resiliency – a key to corporate survival (and sleep)
The recent major cybersecurity events – including WannaCry, NotPetya, and most recently, the Equifax data breach – underscore the need for organizations to be able to respond quickly to incidents (in some cases multiple incidents at...
Hackers gain access to switch off the power in America and Europe
A new Symantec report claims sophisticated hackers have gained sabotage-level access to energy firms in the U.S. and could flip off the power at will.
Drop a pre-emptive cyber bomb on North Korea?
Cyberwarfare experts share opinions on how to deal with the North Korean cyber threat.
Engineering firm exposes SCIF plans and power vulnerability reports
Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard, Inc., says that a misconfigured Rsync server maintained by Power Quality Engineering, Inc. (PQE) exposed client information pertaining to critical infrastructure for the City...
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