ICS/OT Vulnerability Intelligence Report Highlights Gap Between Severity Scores and Real-World Exploitation

EmberOT & partners release a vuln intel report, giving OT defenders a context-driven framework to cut through the ...
EDN

Reference Design: Protecting Industrial Systems with Security ICs

As industrial control systems (ICSs) have become increasingly connected and use more off-the-shelf components, new vulnerabilities to cyber attacks have emerged. This tutorial looks at three types of ...
Security Boulevard

Operational Technology (OT) penetration testing: Defining, Process and Tools

Operational penetration testing is a process of simulating real-world attacks on OT systems to identify vulnerabilities before cybercriminals can exploit them, either physically or remotely. OT ...
MarketWatch

OPSWAT-Sponsored SANS 2024 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Report Uncovers Critical Workforce Gaps in Securing Industrial Control Systems Amid Growing Cyber Threats

Report highlights the need for increased investment in ICS/OT teams to better protect critical infrastructure TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The SANS 2024 State of ICS/OT Cybersecurity ...
Dark Reading

5 Critical Components of Effective ICS/OT Security

It's no secret that the industrial control system (ICS) attack surface is rapidly expanding (PDF). From advancements in business digitalization, IT-OT convergence, and Internet of Things (IoT) ...
EDN

Hardware Security ICs Offer Large Security Returns at a Low Cost

Abstract: In the face of security vulnerabilities in health and safety applications, governments and industry leaders have focused on security weaknesses in the design and protection of electronic ...
Dark Reading

Air-Gapped ICS Systems Targeted by Sophisticated Malware

Security teams in industrial control systems (ICS) environments are fighting a worm that gets past air-gapped defenses. Researchers from Kaspersky ICS-CERT have been investigating cyberattacks against ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Cybersecurity Metrics: The Path To OT Security Maturity

In 2023, the cybersecurity challenges in the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) landscape reached unprecedented levels. Ransomware, increasingly prevalent through new ...
Security

Forescout: Security threats to exposed critical infrastructure go ignored

HANNOVER, Germany --Internet exposure of Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) continues to be a critical infrastructure security issue despite decades of raising awareness, ...
Security

ICS attack classifications: The geopolitical impact of misclassification

One of the most important and overlooked parts of the cyber threat attribution process is identifying the threat actor’s objective. Threat researchers often look at the intended goal of an attack and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Strategies For Defense Against Fuxnet ICS Malware

According to recent cybersecurity media reports, a new destructive ICS malware named Fuxnet has been discovered. This incident is allegedly linked to the Blackjack hacker group, which is associated ...