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A Lack of Industrial Security

Almost a decade has gone by since I performed my first risk analysis of a nuclear plant and discovered a completely new world. Since then, security professionals will have heard a lot more about the current state OT security (or lack thereof). Operational Technology...

Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Holistic Defense-In-Depth Approach

Critical infrastructure is infused with proprietary protocols and software, air-gapped networks, and robust physical security systems—an amalgam that effectuated the notion of “security by obscurity” in the industrial control systems (ICS) community. Still, business...

Security Automation – Taking Playbooks to the Next Level

With our final part in the Security Automation series, Kudelski Security will take a look at what our clients are doing to take their manual playbooks to the next level, using automation. Before we take a look at playbooks, a quick review of the key factors from our...

Blockchain Security: Part 2

Current blockchain technologies expose institutions to security risks that plague current business processes and much more. Early demonstrations of vulnerabilities in blockchain implementations have helped us compile the following list of security risks. Integrity...

Blockchain Challenges: Part 1

Blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Blockstream, Ethereum, Ripple, is considered a phenomenon by its proponents and is touted as a solution to all of the inefficient information processing systems. Critics, however, remain wary of its...

Next Generation Hunting

The newest buzz word around cybersecurity and managed services is managed hunt operations; the main nuance which might be lost is simple enough, hunting is not new! From platforms to people, everyone is touting the need to find the threats in your network, but...

Move Over Functional Obsolescence: Cybersecurity Is Driving Lifecycle Management For Connected Medical Devices

As CIO’s and CISO’s who walk the halls of healthcare institutions know all too well, the number of devices being enabled in the Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things around us is exploding exponentially. With this explosion, complexities arise in security,...

Why Fusion is Necessary

A cursory glance at any MSSP listing shows that the focus of most mainstream network and security operations centers (SOCs) is generally health monitoring, configuration, accounting, performance, security (FCAPS), mean time to repair (MTTR), and the security events as...

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