The number of cyber intrusions and attacks targeting the Electric sector is increasing from Activity Groups (AG), or threat groups, and from ransomware operations.
In 2020, Dragos identified three new AGs targeting the Electric sector. Of the AGs we are actively tracking, two-thirds of the groups targeting...
The business benefits of digital transformation in grid operations are tremendous, but this progress increases cyber risk to Operations Technology (OT) in the areas of safety, unscheduled downtime, and negative impact on corporate brand.
The good news is that there are practical steps utilities can take to enhance...
As enterprises invest heavily in digital transformation, industrial cybersecurity will increasingly serve as the critical enabler for safely and securely advancing business goals through technological innovation.
While advancing connectivity and digitalization of operational technology (OT) provides significant...
Industrial asset owners know that protecting the integrity of their systems is critical for maintaining operations, but the challenges around cybersecurity vulnerabilities make that job much harder. As environments become more connected, and attackers become more advanced, staying a step ahead has never been more...
The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risk Report ranked cyberattacks causing disruption to operations and critical infrastructure among the top five increasing global risks. Accenture estimates that the number of cyberattacks has gone up by 67% in the last five years.
The increasing digital connectivity of...
To reduce risk, security and risk management leaders should eliminate IT and OT silos by creating a single digital security and risk management function. This function should report into IT but should have responsibility for all IT and OT security.
Integrating operational technology (OT) threat monitoring into...
Ransomware threats are now a board-level topic of conversation. All organizations with OT systems need to understand how these attacks are conducted and how to defend against them.
A key industry trend is that vulnerabilities solely affecting the Critical Manufacturing sector rose by 148%. This poses an additional...
The OT security world continues to change to meet new challenges and threats. The 2021 SANS OT/ICS Cybersecurity survey explores how OT defenders across all industries are meeting these challenges and looks to areas where new emphasis can be placed to defend our critical infrastructure as we move forward.
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The healthcare and pharmaceutical industry is a target for both criminal and state-sponsored threats.
More large healthcare data breaches were reported in 2020 than in any other year. Additionally, 2021 has seen five consecutive months where industry data breaches have been reported at a rate of two or more per...
In looking ahead to fraud transformation in 2022, it is good to
review where the conversation about 2021 began: with statistics
about perceptions and reality.
More than just survey results, this report offers expert analysis on
how to balance the competing priorities of business, customer and
compliance needs –...
The 2021 Cybersecurity Complexity Study was conducted in the summer of 2021. Focused on EU & UK enterprises, the survey
received more than 200 responses from organisations primarily in professional services (37%)
and financial services (32%), but also in retail, utilities and manufacturing, mainly with...
The survey of over 1,000 security leaders reveals that organizations are committed to a stronger risk-based security posture but ineffective security metrics, operational inefficiencies, and the lack of full visibility are major roadblocks. Download the report to learn more about the following:
Priorities: Secure...
Open XDR-as-a-Service: When Your Organization Needs More Than MDR - With security tool sprawl and wider diversification of threats, traditional managed detection and response tools often lack the functionality needed to adequately protect organizations and their users against data breaches. Consider an alternative:...
This paper explores how you can achieve both business and operational objectives with Cisco Secure Endpoint. Learn how you can expand visibility to further decrease time to detection and remediation, improve your SecOps efficiencies and effectiveness, and become more proactive against the riskiest threats to your...
Cisco Secure Endpoint (formerly AMP for Endpoints) integrates prevention, detection, threat hunting, and response capabilities in a single solution, leveraging the power of cloud-based analytics. Secure Endpoint will protect your Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS devices through a public or private cloud...
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