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The Importance of Securing Operational Technology

Data Breach Today

Shankar Karthikason on How to Stem the Growing Cyberthreat to Manufacturing Manufacturing is a huge industry with massive amounts of critical data and IoT surfaces, and it is also a lucrative target for cybercriminals.

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MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability

The Last Watchdog

However, there’s still a long way to go to achieve deep interoperability of interconnected services in a way that preserves privacy and is very secure. This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago.

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Compal, the Taiwanese giant laptop manufacturer hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. It is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer. Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. It also licenses brands of its clients.

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How to secure QNAP NAS devices? The vendor’s instructions

Security Affairs

Taiwanese vendor QNAP has warned customers to secure network-attached storage (NAS) exposed online from ransomware and brute-force attacks. QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP networking devices.” The post How to secure QNAP NAS devices?

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How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. On the other hand, access rights mismanagement is a security risk that may create ripple effects if exploited.

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How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. Make sure the solution you choose is built for security. Offering a convenient authentication experience doesn’t have to come at the expense of security. Data security. Thu, 01/20/2022 - 10:19. Not all authenticator apps are equal.

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How to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP)

IBM Big Data Hub

In the first step of this implementation methodology, an organization must review the current system and processes to get a full picture of how the business is working and where there might be pitfalls. Areas to assess can include, financial, manufacturing, inventory, sales and more. Are security protocols in place and functioning?

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