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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure andrew.gertz@t… Mon, 10/23/2023 - 14:07 Cyberattacks on critical vital infrastructure can have disastrous results, forcing governments and regulatory bodies to pay close attention to intensifying the efforts to safeguard these industries. And only a mere 2.6%

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Microsoft Targets Critical Outlook Zero-Day Flaw

eSecurity Planet

. “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access a user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash which could be used as a basis of an NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user,” the company wrote. This will prevent the sending of NTLM authentication messages to remote file shares.

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Weekly podcast: ICS attacks, Reddit and SIM swap arrests

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Although SMS authentication is better than nothing, you’re better off switching to a different secondary authentication factor, such as an app-generated token. Here are this week’s stories. That’s increasing risk for people who operate those types of systems.

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NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework

Data Matters

As with the first version of NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework, all companies should review the new version, determine its potential utility, and consider adopting, adapting or comparing the new Framework for use within their own cyber ecosystems. Significantly, version 1.1 Significantly, version 1.1 It can drive up costs and affect revenue.

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Hidden Biases in Cybersecurity Reviews – And How to Use Them

eSecurity Planet

For example, when surveying the market for email security, survey results should include respondents from each category that might represent different needs. The survey should have representation from categories such as: Company size: small to large Industry vertical: healthcare, energy, etc.

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SAA/CoSA/NAGARA 2018 recap: Session 204

The Schedule

Beth, Kristen, and Laura presented a program in which they each brought their unique perspective to the management of social media as records within the Federal Government. The Secretary of Commerce’s official government account used her real name as her Twitter handle when it was set up. Troubleshoot #2.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

federal government is actively seeking opportunities to assist private and public organizations in meeting the cyber challenges of today. 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and 5G NR (New Radio) are examples of radio access networks (RAN), where wireless device data can move from receiver to mobile core network services like the internet.

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