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Norsk Hydro, one of the largest aluminum producers in the world, has been the victim of a malware outbreak and ransomware attack 1 which has affected its operations worldwide, illustrating how cyber is becoming physical. Cyberattacks and ransomware outbreaks can cause costly disruption and push organizations to manual processes for business continuity, which is especially […]

The federal government has banned hardware and software made by Huawei, ZTE, Kaspersky and others from its networks. It could soon ban them from yours. U.S. federal agencies are not allowed to have certain types of hardware or software on their information technology (IT) networks. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued […]

What Do Device Visibility and Control Have in Common with a Grammy Award Winner and 42,000+ Cyber Professionals? I love the theme of ‘Where the world talks security,” yet at RSA Conference 2018, it seemed as though visibility was the only thing people were talking about. So, what will the talk of the conference be […]

So Your Security Team Wants to Implement The Forescout Platform? Here’s How to Win Over the Network Team When the information security team at Haworth Inc., a world-wide office furniture manufacturer, purchased Forescout’s solution to address network access control and other visibility challenges, they didn’t need the network team’s blessing beforehand. However, not long afterward […]

On Wednesday, February 6th, they came in large numbers, including Forescout’s Julie Cullivan, Chief Technology and People Officer, to the I.S.E. (Information Security Executive) Southeast Event in Atlanta, hosted by T.E.N. Inc. There were no capes, no masks, no futuristic cars and definitely no spandex. Yet, the battle scars were real and the war stories […]

Protecting our electric grid from the growing number of cyberthreats is critical to keep society functioning. Most utility industrial control systems (ICS) were originally designed using local area networks (LAN) that weren’t connected to any Internet-facing devices. Although this didn’t guarantee complete security, it did create an “air gap” by physically separating the devices from […]

The 32nd annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards shines a light on industry leaders in control, instrumentation, and automation products and highlights engineers’ favorites, as chosen by the Control Engineering print and digital audience. A total of 102 finalists from across 26 categories 1 were listed on the ballot this year, and automation professionals from Control Engineering’s subscriber lists voted for the products that […]

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced the largest public NERC CIP fine ever given, with a $10 million fine levied in response to 127 separate violations across an organization. As is normal, NERC did not identify the organization involved, although the language in the Notice of Penalty (NOP) makes it clear that the […]

The NIS Directive is the first piece of European-wide legislation on cybersecurity. However, before you judge this comprehensive legal guideline as something that is only relevant to companies and organizations in Europe – think again. What is the NIS Directive, Anyway? The NIS Directive is the first EU-wide piece of legislation on cybersecurity, including the […]