2014

Public Sector Attacks on enterprise VPN clients receive international alert: NCSC, the UK cyber-intelligence division of GCHQ, sounded the alert on attacks targeting enterprise Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients. The alert highlighted known vulnerabilities in products from vendors Pulse Secure, Palo Alto and Fortinet. VPNs are commonly used across the public sector for remote access […]

In the Internet of Things (IoT), enterprise access to the cloud has increased in population, a blessing that allows for more flexibility and productivity around the world. With everything stored online and cloud apps independent from most restrictions, as they do not require installation and are accessible 24×7 from virtually anywhere, operations are becoming more […]

Public Sector Club 27: A statement called Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace was signed by 27 nations dedicated to improving cybersecurity and responsibility in their actions online. In times of ongoing cyber-attacks between governments, this move could potentially change the game – teaming up may give the participants an upper hand. The player makes […]

For most organizations, risk has traditionally been measured using quantifiable methods and metrics like financial audit, regulatory compliance, or productivity downtime. Nowadays, cybersecurity has made that task much more challenging. Companies now need to consider new risk factors from cyberattacks, like intellectual property theft, loss of customer data/privacy concerns, and brand and reputation impact. They […]

Twitter: @MeetCyberBob Technology is accelerating business. Nowadays, a whole organization is built within a business just to support the rest of the teams, to streamline data input and output. This, then, should be accelerating the pace of business. So now what happens? At the best of times, we have to deal with scheduled outage windows. […]

Public Sector Russia went all in: In 2016, mysterious circumstances surrounded the Obama administration regarding the decision to expel numerous Russian diplomats from the country. Now we are finding out this action was in response to a cyberattack on FBI systems by the Russian Federation’s counterintelligence operations. The attacks were previously undisclosed but might have […]

“Disrupting” traditional business models might be hot talk for start-ups pitching investors, but in the world of manufacturing, transportation, energy and similar sectors, real “disruption” of production and facilities due to cyberattacks can have devastating safety and financial consequences. The old concepts of malware wreaking havoc in a system for monetary gain are still present, […]

Minding the communication gap In this year’s annual PwC CEO survey,1 CEOs around the globe were asked to think carefully about the data they consider to be critical for making decisions about the long-term success and durability of their business. They were then asked to score how comprehensive the data was that they received. Over […]

As of August 13, U.S. government departments should have searched for and removed risky devices from their networks that are produced by five manufacturers. It’s a big undertaking that is the result of a ban imposed by the Fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which stipulated that federal agencies should not purchase these devices […]