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GUEST ESSAY: The story behind how DataTribe is helping to seed ‘Cybersecurity Valley’ in Maryland

The Last Watchdog

With the largest concentration of cybersecurity expertise –– the “oil” — in the world, Maryland is fast changing from the Old Line State into “Cybersecurity Valley.” There’s oil in the state of Maryland – “cyber oil.” The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers.

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What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.

Krebs on Security

“The system wasn’t capable of doing what the attacker wanted,” said Joe Weiss , managing partner at Applied Control Solutions , a consultancy for the control systems industry. And yet, there have been precious few known incidents of malicious hackers abusing this access to disrupt these complex systems.

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U.S. Launches Review of Export Controls on Emerging Technologies: Five Key Takeaways

Data Matters

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) initiating a 30-day public comment process regarding export controls for certain emerging technologies. The Categories of Technologies Are not a Surprise. Key Takeaways. technological leadership.” content.

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Could You Be a Ransomware Target? Here’s What Attackers Look For

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity researchers largely agree that ransomware growth has been astronomical; the only question is by how much. You still need to do the basics right, like employee cybersecurity training and patching ; those two areas alone could greatly reduce risk. In the end, those with the most to lose make the most enticing targets.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. Perhaps no legitimate discussion of Industrial Control Systems can be had without discussing Stuxnet. Physical war.

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Proposed Changes to FDA Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: What you Should Know

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) has been busy. On October 18, 2018, FDA issued a long-awaited draft revision to its existing guidance “ Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices “(premarket cybersecurity guidance).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 11 – 18 December 2023

IT Governance

We’re also introducing two new categories this week: ‘AI’ and ‘Key dates’. GB Coca-Cola Singapore Source (New) Manufacturing Singapore Yes 413.92 GB Coca-Cola Singapore Source (New) Manufacturing Singapore Yes 413.92 Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 171.54 Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 171.54