critical infrastructure News
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Ondas Networks Releases Scalable MC-IoT Platform for Critical Infrastructure
Ondas Holdings Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ondas Networks Inc., a developer of private licensed wireless data networks for mission-critical industrial markets, recently announced the release of its enhanced FullMAX radio architecture for highly scalable Mission Critical IoT (MC-IoT) networks. The Ondas FullMAX software defined radio (SDR) platform, which is the basis for the new ...
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Statement from CISA Director on the Passage of Cyber Incident Reporting Legislation
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly released the following statement on March 11: “As the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA applauds the passage of cyber incident reporting legislation. Thanks to the support of our many partners in Congress, CISA will have the data and visibility we need to help better protect critical infrastructure and businesses ...
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The Security Ledger Podcast Episode 86: Arktis in the News
More than 2,000 radiologic detectors were deployed at US ports of entry following the attacks of 9/11. The nondescript roadside boxes can stand more than 14 feet tall and sniff out fissile material passing by in trucks, cars or shipping containers. But are those radiologic detectors as good at fending off cyber attacks? In our final segment, we speak with Dr. Rico Chandra, the CEO and ...
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Smart Cities Pose New Security Challenges and Opportunities
As smart cities integrate connected technologies to operate more efficiently and improve the quality of city services, new vulnerabilities arise that require diligent governance of municipal technology. New ISACA research on smart cities reveals several key areas of consideration when it comes to the security of these cities and the critical infrastructure systems they depend upon.Global survey ...
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OE Releases 2013 issue 2 of energy emergency preparedness quarterly (April 2013)
The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) has released Volume 2, Issue 2 of the Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly (EEPQ), designed to briefly highlight a few of the energy preparedness activities that occur each quarter. This issue of the EEPQ includes news items on the the new Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO 13636), DOE's role in supporting ...
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Itron Completes Acquisition of Silver Spring Networks
Itron, Inc., recently (1/5) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Silver Spring Networks, Inc.With this acquisition, Itron strengthens its ability to deliver a broader set of solutions, increase the pace of growth and innovation in the smart city and industrial IoT markets, and provide customers with greater choice and flexibility when deploying technology to improve their operations ...
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Energy Suppliers Learn to Defend Themselves Against Hacker Attacks
Energy company innogy recently (7/1) opened the first training centre in the German-speaking region of Europe in Essen, Germany, where operators of electricity grids can practice how to fend off hacker attacks."CyberRange-e" is innogy's state-of-the-art training academy for learning to identify threats in time, initiate suitable protective and defensive measures and thus to practice dealing with ...
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TFI: Infrastructure Getting Worse, Congress Must Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) President & CEO Chris Jahn kicked off Infrastructure Week 2019 with a plea to lawmakers to get a funding package together and get it passed so that the U.S. economy continues to grow. “Last year at this time I was participating in an Infrastructure Week kick-off event along with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary ...
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Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Discusses Importance of Public-Private Partnerships at White House Cybersecurity Summit
Today, Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall participated in a panel discussion on the “Public-Private Collaboration on Cybersecurity” as part of the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection keynoted by President Obama. Moderated by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Deputy Secretary Sherwood-Randall discussed building upon the work of the ...
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Weathering the Perfect Storm: Securing the Cyber-Physical Systems of Critical Infrastructure
A new Newsweek Vantage survey finds as critical infrastructure organizations converge their IT, OT, IoT and physical systems to improve overall performance, employees are the biggest threat to cyber and physical security.The independent report, "Weathering the Perfect Storm: Securing the Cyber-Physical Systems of Critical Infrastructure," queried over 400 C-level executives from critical ...
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Executive Order 13800 on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
Statement from Rick Perry, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary:"This Administration recognizes the growing security risk of cyber threats and has prioritized overcoming these challenges facing our Nation, as outlined in Executive Order 13800. The Department of Energy (DOE) has taken an important step forward through the recent creation of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and ...
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A Statement from U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz Regarding President Obama’s Executive Order on Climate Preparedness
“The recent anniversary of Superstorm Sandy serves as a stark reminder of how disruptions to our nation’s critical infrastructure have far-reaching economic, health, safety and security impacts. As a country, we have a shared responsibility to prepare for storms of increasing intensity and frequency by improving the resilience of our communities to better withstand these ...
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Multistage Ransomware Attacks Should Have Critical Infrastructure Providers on High Alert
Cybereason, a leader in endpoint protection, recently published findings from its newest honeypot that was created to analyze the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by hackers to target critical infrastructure providers. This project has shown hackers have adopted multistage ransomware attacks as part of hacking operations against industrial control systems (ICS).The honeypot IT and OT ...
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AKCP NIST calibrated temperature sensors
AKCP Announces NIST Calibrated Temperature Sensors With Accuracy Check and Automatic Failover The world’s oldest and largest supplier of network-enabled sensors releases an updated range of temperature sensors. The NIST2 sensors feature 2x NIST traceable, calibrated temperature sensors and an internal calibration integrity check. NIST4 sensors feature 4x NIST traceable, calibrated sensors ...
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Keyano College Implements a Short-term Flood Mitigation Solution
Keyano College had approximately $55 million in property damages resulting from the flood that occurred in the spring of 2020. Flood restoration of critical infrastructure was completed by mid-August 2020, with some remediation still ongoing. As a result, Keyano College has not been able to secure overland flood insurance coverage and has been working with its partners to develop a plan to ...
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Chemical security
The slow implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) in the USA as part of homeland security and anti-terrorism measures is leaving chemical plants vulnerable and putting at risk the safety of American citizens, according to research published in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures. Maria Rooijakkers and Abdul-Akeem Sadiq of the School of Public and ...
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New York City Interim Flood Protection Measures Program
In 2016, New York City began the Interim Flood Protection Measures program, which protects critical facilities, infrastructure and low-lying areas in the city from flooding caused my major coastal storms and ...
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The Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) releases IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure
The Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) announced recently that it has released an IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure. Alan Mihalic President of the IoT Security Institute says the objective of the IoTSI ‘s to provide the cyber and privacy frameworks that can be implemented from the base build through to the build completion. “The goal of the ...
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IONICON is a proud partner of the SPIRIT project
Safety and Protection of built Infrastructure to Resist Integral Threats Terrorist attacks by bombing or CBR (Chemical, Biological and Radiological) are threats with a low likelihood but with extremely high impact. There is strong need to protect critical infrastructures and utilities (malls, governmental buildings and embassies), train and subway stations against being damaged, destroyed or ...
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Artera Services Selects Deepwatch MDR to Advance Security Ops and Protect Critical Infrastructure
Deepwatch, a leader in advanced managed detection and response (MDR) security, this week announced Artera Services has selected Deepwatch’s MDR solution to secure its operations. Artera is a leading provider of integrated essential and critical infrastructure services, delivering maintenance and construction services to energy utilities, infrastructure companies, municipalities and cooperatives ...
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