EDN

Reference Design: Protecting Industrial Systems with Security ICs

As industrial control systems (ICSs) have become increasingly connected and use more off-the-shelf components, new vulnerabilities to cyber attacks have emerged. This tutorial looks at three types of ...
Dark Reading

Air-Gapped ICS Systems Targeted by Sophisticated Malware

Security teams in industrial control systems (ICS) environments are fighting a worm that gets past air-gapped defenses. Researchers from Kaspersky ICS-CERT have been investigating cyberattacks against ...
Dark Reading

5 Critical Components of Effective ICS/OT Security

It's no secret that the industrial control system (ICS) attack surface is rapidly expanding (PDF). From advancements in business digitalization, IT-OT convergence, and Internet of Things (IoT) ...
EDN

Hardware Security ICs Offer Large Security Returns at a Low Cost

Abstract: In the face of security vulnerabilities in health and safety applications, governments and industry leaders have focused on security weaknesses in the design and protection of electronic ...

Beyond VPNs And Segmentation: The Next Evolution Of Grid Security

As grids become more distributed, more software-defined and more autonomous, security must evolve accordingly.
Semiconductor Engineering

Cybersecurity Metrics: The Path To OT Security Maturity

In 2023, the cybersecurity challenges in the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) landscape reached unprecedented levels. Ransomware, increasingly prevalent through new ...
Security

Forescout: Security threats to exposed critical infrastructure go ignored

HANNOVER, Germany --Internet exposure of Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) continues to be a critical infrastructure security issue despite decades of raising awareness, ...
MarketWatch

SANS 2024 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Survey Reveals Significant Progress While Highlighting That Major Gaps Remain in Securing Critical Infrastructure

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Survey Shows Improvement in Cybersecurity Practices Across Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology ...
Security

ICS attack classifications: The geopolitical impact of misclassification

One of the most important and overlooked parts of the cyber threat attribution process is identifying the threat actor’s objective. Threat researchers often look at the intended goal of an attack and ...

ICS/OT Vulnerability Intelligence Report Highlights Gap Between Severity Scores and Real-World Exploitation

EmberOT & partners release a vuln intel report, giving OT defenders a context-driven framework to cut through the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Strategies For Defense Against Fuxnet ICS Malware

According to recent cybersecurity media reports, a new destructive ICS malware named Fuxnet has been discovered. This incident is allegedly linked to the Blackjack hacker group, which is associated ...