In one of the most clear-eyed and sobering assessments of the cyberthreat China poses to our nation’s critical infrastructure, the country’s foremost cybersecurity leaders recently testified that the Chinese Communist Party...more
2/9/2024
/ China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
Network Security ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rush to push billions of dollars of grant assistance to recipients has created the potential for devastating cyberattacks and intellectual property theft on water/wastewater...more
During the past couple of years, multiple warnings of imminent cyberattacks have seemingly gone unheeded by critical infrastructure owners and operators. Is embracing a fantasy that they won’t be attacked potentially a...more
While acknowledging that voluntary approaches to cybersecurity compliance have produced some important improvements, the Biden administration says those improvements have been mostly incomplete and inadequate, particularly in...more
In a recent report, Microsoft cataloged the past year’s cybersecurity threats they saw plaguing the U.S. What they found is as disturbing as it is unsurprising. China, Russia, Iran and affiliated groups are all becoming far...more
A proposed $1M civil penalty against Colonial Pipeline for its procedural failures during a ransomware attack could indicate what’s in store for critical infrastructure operators who fail to keep employees up to date on how...more
5/13/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Employee Training ,
National Security ,
PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Russia
In 2010, Congress held hearings that sought to understand how the Department of Homeland Security was enforcing cybersecurity regulations on “covered” critical infrastructure (CI) providers. Congress learned that DHS was...more
Cyberattacks on organizations worldwide surged 40% in 2021. September 2021 broke records for the number of weekly cyberattacks, topping all other months since January 2020. Currently, one out of every 61 organizations...more
10/25/2021
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Federal Funding ,
Noncompliance ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Ransomware ,
State and Local Government ,
Tribal Governments ,
Utilities Sector ,
Water ,
Webinars
This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced statewide modifications to the COVID-19 Stay-At-Home order. Additionally, he provided the ability for counties to create a regionally focused and more deeply modified...more
5/8/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Governor Newsom ,
Manufacturers ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Retail Market ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State and Local Government ,
Telecommuting