The UK Government has announced plans to legislate security on internet connected devices, the IoT. A positive move by all accounts, if done properly. Setting standards for manufactures to secure their products and giving customers a level of reassurance over…
The global power and utilities markets are moving ahead quickly with new infrastructure and services to improve efficiency and sustainability, which could deliver over $600Bn back to society according to the WEF. But the costs of a large scale cyber…
Following a filing to the US DoE, it looks like the power outage suffered in the Western US states of California, Utah and Wyoming in March this year was caused by a Cyber Incident. But as yet there is no…
Some useful lessons, which followed the Triton attack in 2017. It identified some basic security principles which should have been put it place. Safety critical systems on internet facing networks, poor network segregation and easy credential harvesting. Industrial cyber is…
Whilst the top names on Wall Street are out their pushing the Cyber message. Its still worrying that many companies are simply not prepared to respond in the event of an attack. The size of some firms and their interconnected…
The newly re-elected Australian government has increased funding for cyber. With a plan to address the skills gap through education, scholarships and improved diversity. Develop the infrastructure for cyber warfare and cyber crime, increase support for businesses for incident reporting…
A common language between securing the company and securing the corporate balance sheet needs to be reached, if boards are going to be successful in managing the current and future critical risks like cyber, AI and Digital. Regulators talk about…
Not all threats are made equal. But cyber related risks surely have to take priority over other threats like EMP. The probability of a cyber attack is certainly higher than an EMP burst, and the cost to mitigate the risk…
We’re living in what some call the 4th industrial revolution, one based upon the consumption of data. From a personal perspective, mobile communications and the smart phone are central to that. Although I don’t know if I spend 5 hours…
Slack, the cloud based colaboration provider filed papers with the SEC. Warning that cyber attacks could impact the company. Ahead of its flotation. It’s the right step to take, warning investors that cyber is an issue for corporate stability. One…
