critical infrastructure

Unleash OT Security with the Best of IT

Posted on by Admin
Unleash OT Security with the Best of IT

If I were planning security for an exhibit of the crown jewels, you can be sure I’d coordinate efforts with other galleries in the facility. After all, a thief who broke into an adjoining gallery would be just a wall away from breaching mine. The same applies to securing operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) networks. IDC highlights the need for IT/OT collaboration on cybersecurity in a new Infobrief called “The Future of Industrial…

Read More

Join Cisco at Enlit Europe 2024

Posted on by Admin
Join Cisco at Enlit Europe 2024

Enlit Europe 2024 takes place October 22-24 at the “Fiera Milano di Rho” Convention Center in Milan. It brings together over 15,000 global electric, gas, and water utility professionals. We are proud to be a part of this important event and invite you to join us at Booth 7.A40, within the Italian Pavilion. Learn how utilities worldwide are working with Cisco and their partners as we continue to innovate to help build the grid of the future….

Read More

Cisco advances embedded cyber resilience in industrial routers

Posted on by Admin
Cisco advances embedded cyber resilience in industrial routers

Whether you are trying to reduce delays in your railways operations, enhance the stability of the power grid, improve road safety by deploying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), or pull data from wind turbines to create an optimized repair schedule, you are facing the same challenge – connecting more OT (operational technology) assets while making your critical infrastructure more cyber resilient. Building modern and agile operations across a city, a region, or a country is not…

Read More

SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure

Posted on by Admin
SOCI Act 2024: Insights on Critical Infrastructure

A rise in ransomware incidents and the embrace of artificial intelligence are considered potential data risks facing Australia’s critical infrastructure organisations, according to a new report. This news comes as new cyber security rules under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 come into force in August 2024. The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024 Data Threat Report, by technology organisation Thales, found that ransomware incidents at critical infrastructure organisations are on the rise globally…

Read More

Enabling Cyber Resiliency with NIST, Cisco Security, and Splunk

Posted on by Admin
Enabling Cyber Resiliency with NIST, Cisco Security, and Splunk

Cyber resilience is a critical priority for any organization, especially for those within the US Public Sector. The need for this resiliency has never been greater for helping ensure the delivery of their mission and business outcomes. Cyber resiliency refers to an organization’s ability to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents. Government agencies and other organizations need a robust cybersecurity framework and effective enterprise tools to achieve this. The NIST Cybersecurity…

Read More

Your industrial network is not a commodity: it is strategic to your success

Posted on by Admin
Your industrial network is not a commodity: it is strategic to your success

Over the past 20 years, I’ve enjoyed the journey I’ve taken with industrial customers as partners, helping them modernize and secure their infrastructures. As technology enters the age of AI and customers ready themselves for advanced technology, I feel energized by the opportunity to help them meet the challenges they’re facing as they look to digitize and protect their networks at scale.Our customers feel an urgency to ensure their networks are securely maintained, and I…

Read More

Securing the Foundation: Optimizing Governmental Critical Infrastructure

Posted on by Admin
Securing the Foundation: Optimizing Governmental Critical Infrastructure

How do you achieve operational and security resiliency? To successfully leverage the ongoing digital transformation to deliver resiliency, a holistic architectural approach is critical, and we need to think of end-to-end optimization from a risk management perspective. This helps ensure resiliency for the mission and business outcomes of our government, public sector, and critical infrastructure organizations. In addition, enterprise visibility is essential for operational optimization and enterprise security, as is the need to align IT…

Read More

Best practices for securing critical and public infrastructure

Posted on by Admin
Best practices for securing critical and public infrastructure

The United States government defines the “critical infrastructure” as 16 specific sectors considered so vital to the U.S. that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security and national public health and/or safety. The “public infrastructure” is a subset of the critical infrastructure and includes roads, bridges, public transportation and airports, drinking water and wastewater treatment systems, solid waste services and facilities, and other important utilities essential to communities…

Read More

Navigating cybersecurity in telecommunications: The FCC's 7-day rule

Posted on by Admin
Navigating cybersecurity in telecommunications: The FCC's 7-day rule

The telecommunications industry underpins global communication and powers our digital world. Cybercriminals, however, have also become increasingly sophisticated in the threats they pose against such critical infrastructure. Recent developments, like the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 7-day rule mandating that telecom providers report data breaches within seven days after initial discovery, underscore the growing urgency to fortify cybersecurity measures across this vital sector. Research from Sysdig’s Threat Research Team revealed the telecom industry was the most…

Read More

Using SD-WAN for securing distributed renewable energy

Posted on by Admin
Using SD-WAN for securing distributed renewable energy

Renewable energy is a rapidly growing segment of the energy industry. Technologies such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and energy storage are now considered mainstream. However, all of these sites require secure connectivity to enable important remote monitoring and control. Renewable energy companies must connect an array of renewable energy assets spread across wide geographic areas. Many renewable asset operators also use public and private cloud-based applications, including SCADA. They need a network architecture that…

Read More
1 2 3 … 9