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More connected industrial workers: How are companies mitigating risk?
Learning Objectives Industrial remote workers have increased the number of remote connections. Cybersecurity risk increases with more remote connections. How are industrial companies mitigating risk? Connected workers are appearing in every industry and industrial activity. Off-site employees and vendors with remote access to operational technology (OT) systems are reducing facility downtimes and travel costs.
Colonial Pipeline attack debrief and lessons
In the past decade, we have seen an alarming increase in attacks on critical energy infrastructure, with cyber incidents occurring across any number of geographies and industries. Common attacks can involve ransomware on a corporation’s information technology (IT) network that controls business operations, or a direct attack on a corporation’s operational technology (OT) systems that control industrial infrastructure.
Securing the future of industrial controls against cyber threats
Energy systems historically have been consistent, safe and reliable, but that doesn’t mean they’re not a target of cyber threat. More and more attackers are now explicitly targeting the kinds of industrial control systems (ICSs) the electric sector relies on. Bringing the energy market into the future to meet changing needs was the focus of Day 2 of Fortinet’s Operational Technology Symposium, Energy Day, an online event held on Aug. 31, 2021.
How the EU Machinery Directive will change regulation
The Machinery Directive 2006/42 /EC had not been revised for 15 years, and clearly needed updating. And so, a written proposal for the new machinery regulation was issued on April 21, 2021. However, since we do not yet have any definite timescale for its implementation, we must assume this will not occur until 2023. Let us examine the main changes the new machinery regulation plans to introduce.
Cybersecurity project abroad deepwater drilling rigs
Cyber defense expert Naval Dome and the offshore division of a supermajor have completed a joint project to identify and mitigate cyber risks common to offshore deepwater drilling rigs.
Colonial pipeline attack debrief and lessons
In the past decade, we have seen an alarming increase in attacks on critical energy infrastructure, with cyber incidents occurring across any number of geographies and industries. Common attacks can involve ransomware on a corporation’s information technology (IT) network that controls business operations, or a direct attack on a corporation’s operational technology (OT) systems that control industrial infrastructure.
Cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC) for the U.S. DoD supply chain
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) supply-chain has been under attack. This year’s ransomware events such as the ones faced by a U.S. Maritime base that brought cameras, door-access control systems and critical monitoring system down for 30 hours, and defense suppliers such as CPI, EWA, Westech International, Garmin, ST Engineering, Visser, Kimchuk etc. serve as a warning to all organizations. Organizations of all types and sizes in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) have faced cyberattacks.
How the American Jobs Plan could improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity
Some of the key provisions of the American Jobs Plan that support critical infrastructure cybersecurity include: Make $20 billion in energy infrastructure investments for state, local and tribal governments contingent on cyber modernization Create a new tax credit for transmission infrastructure that will help finance cyber technologies for the electric grid Improve security monitoring and incident response activities [by providing an additional $650M in funding to the Cyber Security and...
The role of the system integrator in the digital transformation
Manufacturing automation is seeing a shift from controls type projects to information solution, or digital transformation-type projects. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) supports this digital transformation and falls under its umbrella. John Cunningham, director of business and industrial IT, RoviSys discusses the role of the system integrator in the digital transformation, safe remote access, better bandwidth and resiliency in manufacturing.
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