Critical Infrastructure

Federal cyber incidents reveal challenges of implementing US National Cybersecurity Strategy

As federal government cybersecurity incidents continue to mount, the Biden administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy should help, although experts say implementing it won't be easy.

10 notable critical infrastructure cybersecurity initiatives in 2023

How vendors, governments, industry bodies, and nonprofits are contributing to increasing the cyber resilience of critical national infrastructure this year.

Researchers find new ICS malware toolkit designed to cause electric power outages

Mandiant recommends threat-hunting steps to detect COSMICENERGY despite no confirmed attacks in the wild.

Insider threats surge across US CNI as attackers exploit human factors

Economic pressures and remote working could be increasing critical national infrastructure insider threats while nation-state actors and ransomware attacks continue to pose significant risks.

Nozomi Networks announces Vantage IQ to address security gaps in critical infrastructure

Vantage IQ is built to enhance threat detection and remediation with AI-assisted data analysis to help security teams reduce cyber risks across IT, OT, and IoT devices.

IBM unveils end-to-end, quantum-safe tools to secure business, government data

Why Russia’s cyber arms transfers are poor threat predictors

Sharing cyber tools and technology with nations such as Iran or North Korea has limited impact without also providing operational and organizational support.

Accenture, IBM, Mandiant join Elite Cyber Defenders Program to secure critical infrastructure

Led by Nozomi Networks, the program aims to provide global industrial and government customers cybersecurity defense tools, incident response teams, and threat intelligence.

OT giants collaborate on ETHOS early threat and attack warning system

Top industrial cybersecurity competitors establish ETHOS, an early warning system that could help spot and avert damaging attacks on operational technology.

Hackers behind 3CX breach also breached US critical infrastructure

The attackers have been linked to North Korea and appear to be involved in cyberespionage and financially motivated attacks.