The drive to improve operations efficiency, performance and quality of services is behind the interest to leverage elements of IT infrastructures (such as Internet Protocol [IP]-based communications) within OT environments. As physical and cyber befriend one another, so too must efficiency and security. The two need not be at odds, and in fact, companies should […]
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An effective security awareness program encourages employees to understand and abide by established security policies and practices. Security and risk management leaders can achieve a successful program by following a stepwise approach to research, develop, plan, offer and evaluate training. Building an effective and comprehensive security awareness program seems like a daunting task to those
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Vulnerability management is widely described as the practice of identifying security vulnerabilities in unpatched systems that if exploited by adversaries, can put your entire enterprise environment at risk. Typically, vulnerability management is a foundational practice, and an integral part of any standard cybersecurity initiative. However, constantly changing device demographics and increasing sophistication in cyberattack techniques,
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Today, it’s a very different story than legacy industrial systems relying upon proprietary protocols and software, which were manually managed and monitored by humans, and had no connection to the outside world; as we see more industrial systems brought online to deliver big data and smart analytics as well as adopt new capabilities and efficiencies
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Introduction Building an effective and comprehensive security awareness program seems like a daunting task to those who are fortunate enough to be responsible for it. There is a lot of information at your fingertips, but how do you turn that information into something useful? Like most security awareness professionals, understanding a program’s critical components and
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Introduction The threat intelligence market is composed of vendors that provide technologies and services that allow for the management and curation of threat intelligence (TI). TI technologies are referred to as threat intelligence platforms, which may be sold as stand-alone solutions or as part of a integrated solution. TI services may include monitoring the clear
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Introduction The phrases “cyber-physical systems,” or “CPS,” and “Internet of Things,” or “IoT,” have distinct origins but overlapping definitions, with both referring to trends in integrating digital capabilities, including network connectivity and computational capability, with physical devices and systems. Examples range from intelligent vehicles to advanced manufacturing systems, in sectors as diverse as energy, agriculture,
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Careless user actions are why many cyberattacks are successful. Research shows that with regular security awareness training, midsize enterprises will experience fewer security breaches. Midsize enterprise CIOs can protect company systems and intellectual property by influencing secure behaviour. Security and privacy awareness and training is an important aspect in protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
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While policies are an important part of all security strategies, they are often underestimated or ignored completely when developing strategies for security in an organization. Efficient and robust policies provide an exceptional set of resources that help set exceptions, provide assistance for long-term and short-term objectives, and help identify the deficiencies that need coverage. Irrespective
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“By 2023, organizations that implement specific and measurable security awareness programs will experience 75% fewer account takeover attacks than organizations that don’t” – Gartner Since time immemorial, businesses have been facing threats of various types. Earlier, when stores were mostly physical, threats came in the forms of thefts and burglary. With the advent of digitization,
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