Criminal hackers don't break for lunches, weekends or holidays. Of course, that's just one of many challenges facing information security teams, as they attempt to maximize visibility and minimize complexity while protecting their business around the clock, says Peter Van Lierde, the CISO of energy firm Sibelga.
With deep national security implications, the cyber risks associated with the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) are perhaps the most urgent. Threat actors have realized that targeting vulnerable companies across the defense supply chain can be not only a profitable enterprise but also an alternate method to accessing...
Recent years have seen
firms in electricity generation and distribution, oil, and gas facing increasingly sophisticated
cybersecurity attacks. And the stakes in the energy sector are significantly high.
In May 2021, a cyber attack hit Colonial Pipeline1, and though the attack targeted the company’s
IT systems,...
In 2020, reports indicated that cyberattacks on the healthcare industry more than doubled from 2019, with
ransomware accounting for 28 percent of all attacks. Unlike previous attacks focused
primarily on providers, the COVID-19 pandemic
exposed vulnerabilities in the entire healthcare sector.
Attackers, especially...
In today’s world, cyberattacks are commonplace, and countless organizations have had to deal with the fallout of a breach. Luckily, there are many cybersecurity solutions that can help decrease risk, but how do you know if your organization’s security controls will be up to the task?
This is where penetration...
More credit unions now offer their members mobile applications and banking services to meet the tremendous demand and usage - no easy task. Meanwhile, security teams have also had to rapidly evolve to an influx of cyberattacks as the instances of security breaches continue to rise rapidly.
But how do you know if...
How does one begin to secure the digital transformation journey in two legacy enterprises? Kush Sharma, principal for Sharma and Company and former CISO for the city of Toronto, shares his experience and offers advice on investing in and integrating technologies.
You can't decrease the motivation of ransomware attackers. But you can curb their success by bolstering your own enterprise's approach to access, credentials and privileges. Morey Haber and James Maude of BeyondTrust share insights on ransomware defense.
If you're not "on board" with the Functional Safety Standard EN 50128:2011 - “Railway
applications - Communication, signaling and processing systems - Software for
railway control and protection systems" - you'll need to run to catch up.
Currently the systems included under EN 50128 include
signaling, railway...
Thought leadership is crucial within the threat intelligence sharing community and developing technologies that easily share and use threat intelligence, as a nation we can help agencies identify and stop attacks aggressively and quickly.
During the podcast, you can anticipate a healthy discussion on:
The value of...
This convenient handbook for the Functional Safety Standard EN 50128:2011 - “Railway
applications - Communication, signaling and processing systems - Software for
railway control and protection systems" - is all you'll need to get "on board" with this standard.
Currently the systems included under EN 50128...
In the automotive Industry, software quality is paramount and software metrics are an important measure of that quality. However, no single metric can give a definitive measure of the quality of software and automotive suppliers need to agree with their OEM both the metrics they require and the acceptable limits of...
By using the right software development tools, you are able to ensure secure, reliable, and standards-compliant automotive software. Changing standards and best practices along with new and emerging technologies can make selecting the right software development tools a daunting task.
Download this whitepaper to...
Ireland's privacy law enforcer, the Data Protection Commission, has hit WhatsApp with a 225 million euro ($266 million) fine, finding that it violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation in part by not telling users how it was sharing their data with parent company Facebook.
The U.K. is preparing to revamp the country's data protection and privacy laws as a way to spur economic growth and innovation in its post-Brexit economy, according to government officials. While some British politicians see opportunity, privacy experts worry about moving away from EU standards.
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