Microsoft reiterated In its Digital Defense Report a list of seven properties the company says can be found in all standalone, Internet-connected devices that are considered to be highly secured. We had security pundits chime in.
The Department of Energy is giving out a million dollars to research organizations to work on different ways to enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure and efficiency of advanced manufacturing supply chains.
Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the last year reignited long held concerns about the risks posed by industrial control systems. And though most incidents that grabbed headlines targeted IT systems, not the operational technology used to manage industrial operations, one reality stands clear: owners and operators of these organizations often have little visibility into the full scope of devices accessing their networks.
New research released by Nozomi Networks in tandem with SANS found that 91% of respondents are using cloud technologies to directly support some aspect of industrial control system (ICS) operations.
The disclosure of industrial control vulnerabilities jumped by 41% in the first half of the year as high-profile ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure have grabbed headlines.
Mandiant and CISA have disclosed a now-patched device impersonation vulnerability that was found in ThroughTek's Kalay platform, an example of the potential risk tied to efforts to integrate all assets across an enterprise.
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