Cybersecurity
Physical security: picking up the pieces
Businesses need to be ready to pick up where they left off when it comes to enhancing physical security measures in the wake of COVID-19.
System integrators need to comply with international cybersecurity requirements
System integrators need to ensure that their automation systems are IEC 62443-compliant to adhere to international cybersecurity requirements.
Securing the IoT by design
There are several preventive measures that can be taken to secure industrial processes against cyber attacks.
2020 Engineering Leader Under 40: Ron Brash, 31
Director of Cyber Security Insights, Verve Industrial Protection, Florissant, Mo., AS Information Technology & Applied Systems, Vancouver Island University, BS Technology, Security & Network Administration, British Columbia Institute of Technology, MS Computer Science, Concordia University
Four tips on cybersecurity risk assessments
It’s hard to know how much cybersecurity spending is enough to lower risk to an acceptable level. What is enough and what else is needed? A cybersecurity risk assessment (CRA) can help. Four tips are highlighted.
Remote teams struggling to mitigate cybersecurity risks
More workers are forced to work remotely due to COVID-19, but cybersecurity prevention and training is lagging behind.
How COVID-19 is affecting manufacturing cybersecurity
Forward-looking organizations realize they need the same level of aggressiveness to protect assets as they have done for COVID-19 risk reduction. A three-pronged strategy on securing essential infrastructure is highlighted.
Internet of vulnerable things: New industrial attack vectors
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought innovation and advanced technology, but it has also made these systems increasingly vulnerable. Industrial-grade cybersecurity is recommended.
Many industrial control systems can be exploited remotely
More than 70% of industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2020 can be exploited remotely according to a report by Claroty.
Hackers exploiting COVID-19 anxiety in targeted phishing scams
Phishing assaults are becoming increasingly targeted, and the COVID-19 pandemic is one of many ways hackers are exploiting people and small companies.