and ease demands on staff through shifts like remote management and automation in critical infrastructure networks, if not properly secured, they increase the risk of unauthorized access to operational assets and networks Thus, over the past year, the corporation has observed threats exploiting device...
infrastructuresecurity architecture and designtelecommunications and network security threatAdversary threats to critical infrastructures have always existed during times of conflict, but threat scenarios now include peacetime attacks from anonymous computer hackers. Current events, including examples from Israel ...
Cyber threats to critical infrastructure can be life-threatening! 2022 report summarizes threats from a survey of practitioners within critical infrastructure.
The malicious intent of cyber actors targeting critical infrastructure, such as power grids, transportation networks, and water supply systems, poses a significant threat to public services, public safety, and the economy at large. “_We have seen a 70% increase in attempted cyber attacks on ...
The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) published a draft report addressed to President Trump this week that found cyber threats to critical infrastructure pose an “existential threat” to national security and recommended “bold action” in
Threats to critical infrastructure are increasing Tech trends driving increasing vulnerability.The increasing computing power and falling size and cost of processors, memory, and batteries mean that the physical and digital worlds are blending. Objects that had been purely physical, such as pumps...
“Cyber threats will pose an increasing risk to public health, safety and prosperity as information technologies are integrated into critical infrastructure, vital national networks and consumer devices”. Addressing Congress, the US National Intelligence Director, Daniel Coats, put it even more ...
These CNI cyberthreats are not exclusive to independent cybercriminals either, as Jenkins notes a rise innation-state cyberwarfaretactics that target critical infrastructure. CNI defences Pitfalls and threats aside, how can a CNI organisation improve its security posture? Jenkins says that along with...
The threat to critical infrastructure posed by ransomware attacks has only lately risen to an existential level—past attacks of this type did not implicate the security of operations technology (OT). OT security rather developed in response to threats by nation-state actors. The...
According to Canada'sNational Strategy for Critical Infrastructure, critical infrastructure refers to the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of the public and the effective functioning of government. ...